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IOOF fund operations lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
IOOF's head of fund operations has farewelled the group after more than two decades. A spokesperson for IOOF has confirmed the departure of Steven Sorraghan, head of fund operations. His leaving marks the end of a lengthy career with the group, as Sorraghan ...

AustralianSuper backs cobalt miner

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
The industry fund was a cornerstone investor in an ASX-listed mining stock's $45 million equity raise. AustralianSuper invested $18.5 million in Jervois Mining, representing nearly 40% of the total raise. It bought at 20.5 cents per JRV share, which ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
It's been just over a month when Yoshihide Suga took over from Shinzo Abe - who resigned for health reasons -- as Japan's prime minister. It wasn't a great time for a handover given the significantly weakened state of the global and domestic ...

QSuper head of advice exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
The head of QSuper's advice unit has departed after the superannuation fund restructured its financial-advice offering to members. Kim Hughes, who was appointed as the $110 billion superannuation fund's chief of advice for QInvest in February 2019 ...

Chief economist update: Middle Kingdom on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
China's cruel to be kind policy continues to pay dividends. Criticised and condemned they may be, but the swift and continued improvement in the economy prove that the Politburo's draconian restriction and lockdown measures implemented at the ...

Risk but no reward in institutional equities portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... diversification leading to hidden and uncompensated risk," said Hunstad. "Really understanding how a manager will interact with the rest of your portfolio, and efficiently combining different strategies, managers and factor styles, is essential to constructing ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
It won't be long now till we again hear "balcony concertos" - the ones started in Italy back in March this year (and gone viral on cyberspace) when the government imposed a hard lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic - for infections in Europe ...

New property fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
A new property investment fund has launched, backed by the Buxton family. Corsair Investment Management has been launched by MaxCap founding partner Michael Fowler and the Buxton family, which is responsible for property developing company Buxton Group. ...

BT cuts Wealth Connect

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
BT has proposed changes to its Wealth Connect business which could see at least 38 roles become redundant, as Westpac continues to review its wealth platform, superannuation, investments and insurance businesses. BT's Wealth Connect team provides ...

Retail super fund scores best customer service nod

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... emotionally positive experiences". Sunsuper came in second, followed by BT Financial Group's super offering and industry fund Rest. AustralianSuper dropped to number five in the Australia CX Index. Superannuation offerings from MLC and AMP took the ...