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Challenger kicks off active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... sights set on listing Australia's first active fixed income ETF. However, Legg Mason fixed income affiliate Western Asset Management beat it when it rang the bell at the ASX on November 19 to list the Betashares Legg Mason Australia Bond Fund (BNDS). ...

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... actively-managed fixed income fund as an exchange-traded fund in Australia. Ringing the bell at the ASX in Sydney yesterday, Western Asset Management portfolio manager Anthony Kirkham listed the Betashares Legg Mason Australian Bond Fund. The ETF (ASX ...

Global manager appoints distribution director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... relationships with institutional investors in Australia and New Zealand. Sun has held roles at Mercer, Neuberger Berman, and Western Asset Management. In her most recent role she was Neuberger Berman's vice president, institutional business, and ...

Financial advice as charitable giving

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
A new financial advice firm operating as a charity is changing the lives of low income earners in Western Australia. Registered with the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profit Commission, Leda Financial Advice was founded by financial adviser Michael ...

AMP Capital divests $440m from tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... Australian strategies so far this year including J.P. Morgan AM, Swiss asset manager Vontobel and Legg Mason affiliate Western Asset.

AAT overrides adviser ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... banned Robert Hutchison on 11 June 2017 for double charging clients and falsifying records. Hailing from Lower Chittering, Western Australia, Hutchison was a former authorised representative of RI Advice Group, which is owned by OnePath. He was also ...

Women missing from C-suite lineups

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... included Wells Fargo's Beverly Anderson, MUFG Union Bank North America's Ranjana Clark, Nuveen Advisory Services Margo Cook, Western Union's Sheri Rhodes and Jacqueline Molnar.

Drought-hit farmers turn to advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... Its low-cost recovery loans have helped Condon's clients restock their cattle. On the opposite side of the country, Western Australia is fairing much better but it doesn't mean the state hasn't had its challenges. For Byfield Wealth's ...

AIOFP slams FASEA proposals, launches petition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... proposed adviser examination as having the hallmarks of "why Australia's education standard has recently plummeted in the Western world" and has unreasonable timeframes and parameters. FASEA also refused to acknowledge that a risk adviser's skill ...

Government super fund appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... top job at a $27 billion government superannuation fund, after acting in the role for a large part of FY18. GESB, the Western Australian superannuation fund for current and former public sector employees, appointed Ben Palmer as a chief executive earlier ...