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Looking beyond high-dividend stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... Bank there is a chance they might make it in 2022." However, Cappetta cautioned over the lack of product innovation from the big four banks and is looking for the ways in which they will spend the proceeds from their exit from the wealth industry. "In ...

Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The Delta variant that's doing the rounds in Greater Sydney crossed the Victorian border last week - prompting a five-day lockdown in the state at about the same time that NSW imposed tighter restrictions. Previous to this and conducted "through ...

Alternatives, equities dominate mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
Not-for-profit superannuation funds appointed 377 mandates in the 12 months ending March, with alternatives and Australian equities winning the lion's share. By number, alternatives mandates were the popular (46% of 377), followed by equities (29%) ...

Plato wins $3.9bn mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
In what may be the biggest Australian equities mandate from a super fund since 2010, a retail fund recently allocated $3.9 billion to Plato Investment Management. Colonial First State FirstChoice Lifestage made the allocation to the Sydney boutique ...

Allianz Retire+ chief steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
Allianz Australia Life Insurance and Allianz Retire+ has announced the sudden departure of its chief executive Matthew Rady and appointed an interim replacement. Rady was first appointed in 2018 as the inaugural chief executive of Allianz Retire+ and ...

Ian Silk to leave AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
The chief executive of Australia's biggest superannuation fund AustralianSuper will step down before the end of the year. Having led the fund since its creation on 1 July 2006, Ian Silk is set to leave the super fund at the end of this year. Chief ...

Hejaz expands with three new funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Hejaz Financial Services is launching three funds with an ethical overlay to retail investors that invest in global equities, credit and property. As part of the $180 million fund manager's aggressive growth strategy, the funds will give Australian ...

FASEA maintains low pass rate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) exam held in May recorded another low pass rate, continuing the trend of previous exams. Of the 1894 advisers that sat the exam, 69% passed. This is in line with the March results which also ...

Former AFA chief in new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... continue the organisation's goals and objectives and build on the solid platform set by Dallas Booth. They certainly are big shoes to fill. There will be much work to be done leading into 2022 and beyond, and I look forward to meeting the challen ...

AustralianSuper names next merger partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
AustralianSuper is working on its next merger, this time with a 43-year-old industry fund. The nation's largest super fund has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to merge with LUCRF Super, the Labor Union Cooperative Retirement Fund. Established ...