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Goldman Sachs hires for family office offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
Goldman Sachs has made two key appointments to lead its planned private wealth offering in Australia. The firm is building a local private wealth team to serve family offices and ultra-high net worth individuals. Chris Kavanagh and Aaron Shirley have ...

Pandemic hasn't killed retail: Airlie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... people buying stuff," Fisher explained. "[Nick Scali] ended up handing back their JobKeeper, but they got some flack in the short-term. That is where we talk to management teams and boards - if they've had a fantastic year and JobKeeper has been a part ...

Industry fund tops superannuation satisfaction survey

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
An industry fund took the top spot in Roy Morgan's latest superannuation satisfaction report. HESTA was named the winner for the six months ending June 2021, toppling Catholic Super which won the last round to January 2021. "Our focus on putting members ...

Six new ombudsmen at AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... banking and finance unit as ombudsmen. They both join AFCA in September. BizCover head of legal, risk and compliance David Short will join AFCA's insurance team in August. AFCA has promoted three of its own as ombudsmen: Vicki Carter and Mervyn Silverstein ...

Pendal open to more acquisitions

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
Pendal chief executive Nick Good says the firm is not ruling out future acquisitions, as it finalises its $414 million purchase of US value-oriented manager Thompson, Siegel and Walmsley. Pendal announced the 100% acquisition in May, paying about $414 ...

Victorian government agency hunts for fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
The Victoria government's LaunchVic is looking for a fund manager to run a $120million startup fund. The Victorian Startup Capital Fund (VSCF) is a fund-of-funds that was announced in the Victorian Budget 2020/21 and will invest in Victorian early-stage ...

SMSF fraudster loses appeal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... that they could invest in debentures that included a guaranteed high return and that the funds could be returned after a short-term period. The court found that in relation to four SMSF clients Gore was aware of the poor financial state of Arion at the ...

Modern slavery obligations fall by the wayside: ACSI

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
Despite pledging to do more to help vulnerable workers, Australia's top 200 public companies are falling short on their modern slavery obligations. According to a new study by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, major companies are ...

Acadian launches multi-asset fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... market stress," head of Acadian's Multi-Asset Class Strategies team Ilya Figelman said. The strategy is implemented via long/short positions across equity markets, bonds, FX, volatility and over 25 underlying commodities. Acadian noted that portfolio ...

Another cash ETF bites the dust

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
Less than two years after listing on the Chi-X, a Daintree-managed short-term fixed income ETF has delisted from the exchange. The eInvest Cash Booster Fund (managed fund) (ECAS ) targeted 0.5% above cash rate (net of fees) by investing in cash, term ...