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Funds SA appoints director of asset allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... to this, he worked at AMP Capital for nearly eight years including as an investment strategist. He started at Funds SA in March and reports to its chief investment officer Richard Friend. "The appointment of Brendan is an important addition to our investment ...

Zenith acquires asset allocation specialist

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... Partners has acquired an asset allocation specialist. Zenith acquired Heuristic Investment Systems from its management on March 15. The Heuristics team will join Zenith Investment Partners as a separate business unit managed by current Heuristics chief ...

Former AMP adviser in enforceable undertaking

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... was prevented from providing financial services after ASIC found she failed to act in the best interests of clients. On March 11, the Federal Court ordered Thorne - who is based on the Gold Coast - must comply with the enforceable undertaking she first ...

Chief economist update: Japan to double down on stimulus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... 5.3% in the December 2020 quarter - after recording three straight quarters of contraction - 1.9% in December 2019; 0.5% in March 2020; 8.3% in June 2020 (the sharpest decline on record) but its current recovery is far from being sustainable and, at ...

Mawhinney not dishonest, just irresponsible: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... saying he wasn't consciously dishonest, just irresponsible. During a hearing in ASIC's case against M101 Nominees held on March 9, a lawyer for ASIC said: "We do not allege conscious dishonesty by Mr Mawhinney." The lawyer added: "His conduct is indicative ...

Chief economist update: ECB gives PEPP talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
It's not what the European Central Bank (ECB) did at its March governing council meeting - keeping monetary policy settings unchanged - but its PEPP (pandemic emergency purchase programme) talk that sent the Euro Stoxx-50 index on the up and up. ...

Local fund manager expands in Asia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... million in gross assets under management and advice, 25 staff and operations in both Singapore and Hong Kong, AVC said in March 11 company filings. Auctus has signed binding agreements to pay US$500,000 in cash to buy a 9.9% in Odyssey. This will go ...

Pandemic boosts scam complaints

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... growing before COVID-19 but the pandemic has accelerated this trend," Untersteiner said. The data showed that between 3 March 2020 and 28 February 2021 there were 11,482 COVID-related complaints about financial products or services which equated to one ...

Chief economist update: Confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... sharply than its peers and has rebounded stronger relative to its peer, later confirmed by the OECD 'Economic Outlook' March 2020 quarter interim report. Sure, US GDP growth received the biggest upgrade from the OECD - 3.3 percentage points to ...

Former QIC executive joins Qualitas

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
Qualitas has appointed former QIC executive director Brian Delaney to its board. Delaney joined Qualitas on March 1, replacing Carol Schwartz who retired after 12 years as a non-executive director. At QIC, Delaney spent more than eight years in senior ...