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Moelis Australia to rebrand

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
Moelis Australia will seek shareholder approval to rebrand, as its revenues from asset management outstrip the contribution from its original business of investment banking services. ASX-listed Moelis Australia wants to change the name to MA Financial ...

Fidelity portfolio manager resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
The lead portfolio manager for Fidelity's top-performing $724 million emerging markets fund has resigned. Alex Duffy will leave the role on May 28. Replacing Duffy, Fidelity has appointed Singapore-based Amit Goel as the lead portfolio manager and London-based ...

AustralianSuper hires from WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
AustralianSuper has appointed a senior manager of portfolio strategy - mid risk, hiring a long-serving Willis Towers Watson to the post. Jessica Melville has joined the $210 billion super fund, based in Sydney. Melville left WTW after 12 years; her ...

Defined benefit fund in SFT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
A defined benefit fund with $77 million in funds under management is completing a successor fund transfer to a Mercer subplan. Factory Mutual Insurance Company Superannuation (FMIC) members and assets will be transferred from the existing fund to a ...

Inflows slow at AMP North

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
AMP's North platform saw $400 million less in inflows in the three months to March compared to the same time last year, as financial adviser activity fell. North's cash inflows for first quarter were $3.6 billion, compared to $4 billion in 2020 ...

Former adviser pleads guilty over million-dollar super theft

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
Victorian-based Ahmed Saad has pleaded guilty after previously being charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception for his role in an illegal retail superannuation scheme. ASIC alleges that Saad, while working as an authorised ...

Chief economist update: Bank of Canada walks the talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
Browse through recent monetary policy statements released by many central banks around the world and you'll notice a central theme - economic recovery starting this year powered by vaccinations, eased restrictions (in some countries), adaptation ...

Government merges advice reviews

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The federal government will fold the 2022 Life Insurance Framework Review into the Quality of Advice Review, taking over the responsibilities from ASIC. The Quality of Advice Review will consider the LIF Review as part of its wider mandate, Minister ...

JANA chief investment officer resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
After 23 years with JANA, chief investment officer Steven Carew has resigned. He announced he would leave the firm in December 2021 to pursue other interests. A replacement for Carew has not yet been announced, with JANA saying it will use the remaining ...

Rest launches low-cost SRI option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
The $59 billion super fund has launched the responsible investment option Financial Standard revealed it was working on late last year, introducing one of the lowest cost SRI vehicles in the market. Rest's 1.7 million members will now have access to ...