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MySuper eyes SMSF stronghold

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
MySuper could soon surpass self-managed super funds as the preferred retirement savings vehicle for Australians, a new Rainmaker report shows. Using the latest APRA data, Rainmaker's MySuper Report found the MySuper asset pool hit $713 billion at ...

Asset manager eyes Australian market

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
A Latin American asset manager has partnered with Brookvine as it tries to tap institutional and wholesale investors in Australia and New Zealand for its high yield fund. Moneda Asset Management is the largest dedicated investor in Latin American high ...

Fund manager insto lead exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
The head of institutional at a $5 billion hedge fund manager has departed. Ellerston Capital has confirmed the departure of head of institutional sales and client relations Melinda Carter. Carter served in the role for just over 12 months, having joined ...

Wealth management investigations spike

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
The corporate regulator's wealth management investigations increased 129% in the year to March 2019, ASIC commissioner John Price said yesterday. In opening comments to a keynote panel discussion at the Governance and Risk Management Forum in Melbourne ...

YouTube fundie woes continue

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened an investigation into the events surrounding the suspension of the Woodford Equity Income Fund, with Link Group now caught in the scandal. Earlier this month, star UK fund manager Neil Woodford took ...

ANZ cleared of $50m fee bungle

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
ASIC has cleared ANZ of the $50 million fee-for-no-service misconduct connected to its Prime Access offering. The corporate regulator said it is satisfied by the audited attestation it received from ANZ, signed by managing director private banking and ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... year from 3.9% so much so that despite the recent deceleration in wages growth - 3.3% in the year to March from 3.4% in February - they remained at 10-year highs. Wages have been rising faster than inflation since March last year, suggesting rising real ...

Industry fund names chief risk officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
A $6.6 billion industry fund has welcomed a new chief risk officer from ESSSuper. LUCRF Super named Alison Anthony as chief risk officer and company secretary. Anthony was previously the general manager of governance and product at ESSSuper for more ...

Chief economist update: The greatest challenge of our time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Inflation is dead! Bond markets celebrate! News headlines have picked up on the fall and fall in the yield offered by 10-year US Treasuries. The yield closed at 2.24% overnight, down from 2.26% the day before - the lowest since September 2017. But the ...

Big four satisfaction on road to recovery

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
Around four months after Kenneth Hayne handed down his final report into misconduct in financial services, customers of the big four banks are starting to feel more satisfied. Latest Roy Morgan findings show customer satisfaction with Australia's largest ...