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Pension giant cuts tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... reward of the tobacco sector in the emerging market bond universe and the market share is fairly modest in the emerging market debt space. Nest's decision to go tobacco-free is consistent with Amundi's ESG view to cap tobacco companies in our lowest ...

Industry fund appoints deputy CIO

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... implementation of a new internal investment strategy at Cbus in his previous role. His responsibilities included equities, debt and absolute return strategies. As deputy chief investment officer Chatfield will now focus on the next stage of the fund's ...

Former First State chief joins TCorp

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... to superannuation. The addition of Dwyer to the TCorp board follows the manager's appointment of former Commonwealth Bank debt markets head Simon Ling in May, as financial markets general manager.

Wealth firm trims Aussie shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... in private equity, 8.5% in listed and unlisted property, 6.5% in diversified credit, 4% in infrastructure, 9.5% in secured debt and 7.5% in cash. It manages about 5% of the total through passive managers, and recently added the first exchange-traded ...

More Australians retire with big mortgages

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... mortgages has tripled since 1990 - from 14% to 47%, according to the study from RMIT and Curtin University. The average mortgage debt-to-income ratio among those with mortgages has also blown out in that time across all age groups. For the 45 to 55 age ...

Fund manager exits global debt, chief resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... Investments' chief executive Michael Ohlsson has resigned following a decision by the fund manager to pull out of global debt markets. In a statement to Financial Standard, Ohlsson said Supervised Investments Australia Limited (SIAL) has decided to discontinue ...

Frontier expands business, hires five

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... was most recently an options management analyst at AustralianSuper. Iain McMahon joins as a consultant in Frontier's debt and currency team. He previously worked at J.P. Morgan's London office where he has spent the last four years providing ...

Fund manager strengthens alternatives capabilities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... Natixis' launch last year of Flexstone Partners, a global private equity manager, and the acquisition of MV Credit, a private debt specialist, as well as the launch of a co-investment offering for real estate, infrastructure and aviation debt through ...

International firm acquires advice group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... management and stockbroking services in 11 offices across Australia. It also engages in corporate finance activities, providing debt and equity solutions for emerging small- and mid-cap companies in Australia. According to Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's ...

Advisers losing female clients

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... family's affairs in order. After constantly moving as a child because of financial pressures and seeing her parents visited by debt collectors, Powell prioritised financial security and saved to buy her first house at 21 - becoming a financial adviser ...