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Pendal profits plunge, advisers remain positive

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... About 20% of Pendal's total funds under management come through Westpac and the share has been scaling down over the past few years. Westpac started selling down its stake in BT Investment Management in 2015. BTIM rebranded to Pendal in March last ...

Chief economist update: Policy of patience

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... Financial developments? Both the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq composite index surpassing their all-time record highs over the past few days. So much so that bubble concerns are starting to emerge and patience becomes not a virtue.

Industry funds announce $26bn joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... brand identities under the joint trustee board. The urge to merge The $15 billion Equipsuper has chased scale for the past few years through two channels: the tender consultants to win mandates and through mergers. It has had success in both. Last year ...

Admin change leaves super fund members in the dark

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... standard during a transition period where data is being transferred from one provider to another," Mercer said. Over the last few days, Mercer added it has been experiencing minor technical issues affecting some members' access to online services ...

Aon exits advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... global financial services giant announced it will sell its finance advice arm and exit its aligned adviser channel in the next few months, in what it described as a "phased approach." In a media statement, Aon confirmed Aon Hewitt Financial Advice (AHFA) ...

Super startup to relaunch

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... Financial Standard it would put its launch plans on hold, after inaugural chief executive Pascale Helyar-Moray departed a few months earlier.

Swiss Re to manage Freedom remediation

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... confirmed as executed yesterday. Stephen Menzies and Andrew Jensen have retired from the board. "The Freedom board over the past few months has been very focused on delivering the best possible outcome for all stakeholders including policyholders, employees ...

Chief economist update: A good problem to have?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... remain on ice at least not until 2019 becomes 2020. The Fed is aware of this as published in the minutes of a March meeting: "A few participants observed that the appropriate path for policy, insofar as it implied lower interest rates for longer periods ...

Design and distribution law set to impact property funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
The Property Funds Association (PFA) has called the alarm on the Government's recent introduction of product design and distribution obligations that are set to impact unlisted property funds. PFA says that the new legislation could result in fewer ...

IFM keen on marijuana stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... exposure to medicinal cannabis, hemp and CBD oil. "There's always new sectors emerging in small caps. If you thing back a few years ago, we had the infant formula stocks that had a fantastic run. For the moment, we are seeing the cannabis space in ...