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Vanguard insto head jumps to super fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... the investing giant. Willis will report to Peter Chun, who joined first state as its group executive member growth in January after leaving Colonial First State, where his last role was general manager, strategy and transformation and general manager ...

Chief economist update: A crisis of supply, demand and confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... now expects world growth to be lower than last year's 2.9% rate. In its World Economic Outlook report published in January 2020, the IMF predicted the world economy to expand by 3.3% this year. Worse, not a few are pencilling in an increased risk ...

QIC appoints lead investment duo

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... as deputy state chief investment officer. Christensen has been managing director of the global multi-asset team since January 2016. As state chief investment officer, Christensen will be responsible for formulating and implementing the division's ...

JBWere partners with cash platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... focus on their clients' best interests," he said. The platform has $1.1 billion in active funds on its platform as at January end and so far, users have invested $3 billion in funds through it. In September last year, Cashwerkz chief executive Hector ...

Colonial First State cuts fees, closes legacy options

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... committed to end all trail commissions by mid-2020, as previously reported by Financial Standard. The government has set 1 January 2021 as the end date for all grandfathered commissions.

Raiz cuts AET amid Sargon saga

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... our clients." Sargon entered external administration at the hands of one of its Chinese creditors, Taiping Trustees, on January 30. Since then, Sargon has appointed voluntary administrators to eight of its companies; including Sargon Superannuation Holdings ...

RBA expected to cut again; maybe even tomorrow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... to see the economy go backwards which in turn is likely to push unemployment up further after the rise to 5.3% seen in January. "Growth should rebound in the March quarter but given the uncertainty around COVID-19 and its impact globally there is much ...

Challenger recruits Generation Life co-chiefs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... sales. This is Foster and van der Veen's third job-sharing role. Prior to joining Generation Life as joint chiefs in January 2018, they worked at CBA as executive managers in the wealth management division, focused on strategy and planning. Foster ...

ASIC turns up the heat on enforcement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... largest financial institutions, including the Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Westpac, ANZ and AMP and their subsidiaries since January 2019, just prior to the release of the Commission's final report. Overall, the corporate regulator's enforcement investigations ...

Janus Henderson to launch active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... credit funds. Janus Henderson declined to comment. Janus Henderson's unlisted Tactical Income Fund had $3.6 billion at January end. It is managed by Jay Sivapalan, who heads Janus Henderson Investors' Australian fixed interest. The fund makes ...