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GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
The global manager has launched an Australian vehicle for its $13.5 billion flagship quality-focussed global equities strategy. The new trust will be open to local wholesale investors. It draws upon the GMO Quality Strategy, which has been running since ...

Goldman Sachs appoints Australian chair

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
Christian Johnston will become the new chair of Goldman Sachs in Australia and New Zealand. According to an internal memo, Johnston will be focussed on deepening and strengthening the investment bank's relationships in Australia and New Zealand. "He ...

Chief economist update: UK's winter of discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
"We had joy, we had fun We had seasons in the sun..." -Terry Jacks, 'Seasons in the Sun' The Brits certainly did. Just in time for summer, Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared on 30 April that the UK is "past its peak" of infections, published ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... CommInsure recognise her condition, calling into question the various definitions life insurers use. ClaimRight founder William Johns was assisting a client with MS in accessing the insurance she held through several super funds when he realised that ...

Adviser demands answers from Media Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... client has been indefinitely delayed. ClaimRight founder and Financial Planning Association of Australia board member William Johns wrote to Media Super acting chief executive Tony Griffin last week in a private message on LinkedIn. His message to Griffin ...

Fake pastor herds believers into Ponzi scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
A man claiming to be a pastor in the US has been charged over a Ponzi scheme that targeted African immigrants, particularly those of faith. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged two companies based in Maryland for the scheme that allegedly ...

Suncorp wealth business down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
Suncorp has reported an 8% drop in funds under administration for its wealth business, as it posted a 6.8% fall in ongoing operations for FY20 as a result of COVID-19. Suncorp has been battered by extreme weather events, high reinsurance costs and low ...

Calls for consent forms, opt-ins to be scrapped

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Synchron and Lifespan Financial Planning have thrown their weight behind a radical policy suggestion from the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP). The dealer groups put their names to a document by AIOFP executive director ...

Platform business in administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
IFM Investors and Regal backed Spitfire has appointed administrators, as it looks to restructure the group after a shareholder reneged on promised funding. Olvera Advisors' Damien Hodgkinson and Kate Barnet were appointed as joint and several voluntary ...

GPT bleeds $520 million

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
Real estate investment trust GPT Group has bled $519.1 million after tax for the first half of the year, pointing to COVID-19 related negative property movements for the heavy losses. All properties in the trust were independently valued during the ...