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Perpetual promotes on Aussie equities team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
Perpetual has appointed deputy portfolio managers for its Australian equities long-short fund and for the smaller companies fund. The Perpetual Share-Plus Long-Short Fund is currently managed by Anthony Aboud. Perpetual has appointed Sean Roger as the ...

BetaShares eyes expansion with new shareholder

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
BetaShares chief Alex Vynokur says the firm is open to acquisitions, listing its ETFs overseas and adding a retirement income product, as it brings on a US private equity investor. TA Associates has become a roughly 50% shareholder in BetaShares Holdings ...

Former Clime investment chief nabs new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
Clime's former chief investment officer, who sued Clime and its chief executive Rod Bristow, has moved to MLC Asset Management's multi-asset team. Anthony Golowenko has been appointed portfolio manager in the multi-asset capital markets research ...

VanEck launches new ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
VanEck has expanded its range of ETFs, announcing two new offerings to join its new Global Clean Energy ETF. The VanEck Vectors MSCI International Small Companies Quality ETF (QSML) and VanEck Vectors MSCI International Value ETF (VLUE) will soon commence ...

Iress to deliver DDO solution

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... almost every part of the industry to find a cost-effective and scalable way to forge connections in what is a relatively short space of time," he said. Iress will deliver its solution prior to the commencement of DDO. "Iress has significant experience ...

Senator calls for super funds to stop shorting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
A senator has argued that super funds should not be able to take short positions or participate in securities lending to short sellers. Queensland Liberal National Party Senator Gerard Rennick delivered an impassioned speech during the Senate debate ...

CPP Investments chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
The chief executive of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has exited the top job amid reports he left the country to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. CPP Investments announced that Mark Machin resigned shortly after he "decided ...

Chief economist update: Fed fights back bond bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... inflation is transitory. The European Central Bank's (ECB) also fighting back, announcing that it would intervene to short-circuit rising bond yields. So has the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Bank of Korea (BOK). BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda told Japan's ...

FPA names Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award winner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has named Melbourne-based financial planner Renato Manias as the first 2021 winner of the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Named after the late "first lady of financial planning", the award recognises ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... Head of Prices Statistics at the ABS said "December quarter's moderate growth was influenced by businesses rolling back short-term wage reductions, returning wages to pre-COVID levels. The phased implementation of the Fair Work Commission annual ...