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VFMC confirms new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... Victorian Funds Management Corporation has named its new chief risk officer, following the departure of Bryony Hayes in January. In a statement to Financial Standard, VFMC chief executive Lisa Gray confirmed acting chief risk officer Lucy Carr has been ...

VanEck rejigs China A-shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... into effect on April 23. The ETF will retain its ticker but the name will change to VanEck Vectors FTSE China A50 ETF. In January last year, VanEck dropped the fees for CETF from 72bps to 60bps. Later in the year, it changed the domicile of the product ...

Super funds' dirty, poor performing stocks revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... good investment. The COVID-19 market corrections and oil crash have not been kind to the 22 companies in question. In January the 22 companies represented 7.54% of the ASX 300 by market cap (15.56% with BHP added) and now, just a few months later, they ...

Cash management account to shutter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... accounts have had a tough time over the last two years, as the central bank cut the official cash rate five times since January 2019. Earlier this month, Netwealth and HUB24 cut their cash rates to zero following the Reserve Bank's rate cut to 0.50%. ...

Sargon trustee businesses sale expected soon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... million by Sargon Capital, from when it sold its Diversa Trustees business and CCSL to Phil Kingston's company. In late January, Sargon Capital and two other entities were forced into administration after they defaulted on interest payments of a loan ...

APRA heat map update in doubt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... far to ensure the industry's strength and resilience. "APRA set out an expansive policy and supervision agenda in January, but right now it is more important that banks, insurers and superannuation trustees - as well as APRA - devote their energy ...

US senators in alleged COVID-19 insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... insider trading, having offloaded millions in stocks following private briefings on the likely impact of COVID-19 in late January. She is one of several senators who reportedly did the same. According to reports from The Daily Beast, Senator Kelly Loeffler ...

Chief economist update: What happens in China...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... economic activity indicators from contracting (big time): Industrial production dropped by 13.5% (year-on-year) in the January-February period following a 6.9% expansion in December; fixed asset investment plunged by 24.5% over the same period (following ...

UBS says goodbye to ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... about $63 million in assets at February end. ETFs that don't attract enough investors are a problem for issuers. In January, BlackRock shut a Taiwan stocks ETF which had only $5.65 million in assets. A 2019 report from Rainmaker titled 'Zombie ...

Prodigy folds, two boutiques to shut

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... Selvaratnam. The boutique ran an absolute return fund, which has lost -17.5% so far this financial year. August last year and January were particularly bad for it, with the fund posting -9.4% and -8.8% in returns. The second boutique, Flinders Investment ...