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Perennial adds to team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... head of retail distribution Cesar Farfan. She spent a good part of the last decade at Perpetual. "[She will also look after] mid-tier IFAs who are looking to build their own portfolios, which is a growing part of the market," Farfan told Financial Standard. ...

First State Super acquires rental properties

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... Melbourne," Stewart said. "We made our first pilot investment in key worker affordable rental housing in Epping in NSW in mid-2019. We now have four other similar investments in NSW and will shortly commence construction on our next project in Miranda ...

Future Fund returns 14.3% for the year

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
Australia's $168 billion sovereign wealth fund returned 14.3% last year, while warning that future returns will be lower. Future Fund left its allocations largely unchanged during the year, only taking away marginally from most asset classes to ...

CIMIC in $1.8b writedown

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
The country's largest construction company has reported a loss of $1.8 billion, blaming tough market conditions in the Middle East. CIMIC announced the writedown in a submission on the ASX saying the decision to exit the Middle East market came after ...

New chief at HSBC Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
HSBC today announced the appointment of a new chief executive for its Australian business. Kaber Mclean will step into the role, effective March 2020. Mclean will be responsible for leading HSBC's in Australia as it seeks to expand market share ...

Aussie share funds boast stellar 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
Managed funds focusing on the Aussie share market have boasted a stellar 2019, with more than 10 funds returning more than 30% for the year before fees. The new research comes out of global consulting firm Mercer, who released its latest Australian ...

Industry fund looks within for co-chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... Australia, and was first appointed as an employer representative on the fund's board in 2008. Marty will step down from the board mid-way through the year. First Super chief executive Bill Watson thanked Marty for her contribution over the seven years ...

Regulation costly, time consuming: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The CSIRO has recommended a more lenient approach to regulation in the corporate world in a submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology. The science body noted that Australia's strong regulatory environment ...

Most traded stocks, ETFs of 2019 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... Vanguard US Total Market Shares Index ETF and Vanguard FTSE Emergind Markets Shares ETF. In fourth place, iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and rounding out the top five was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust. Further demonstrating Vanguard's strength, all five of ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... generate more than 25% of their revenue from thermal coal production from its discretionary active investment portfolios, and by mid-2020, too. It's not known how much of their portfolio is currently weighted by thermal coal production as much of ...