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Boutique hires from Ellerston Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
A Melbourne global equities boutique has added to its team with a hire from Ellerston Capital, as it confirms its partnership with Channel Capital. Bell Asset Management has just appointed Melissa Ridley as an institutional client manager. She was most ...

State Super to sponsor retirement income research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
Celebrating its 100-year anniversary, the $44 billion superannuation fund will award scholarships for research into improving future retirement incomes. At an event at the New South Wales State Library in Sydney last night, State Super announced the ...

Fidelity wholesale director departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
Fidelity International is hunting for a new head of wholesale sales for its Australian business after the incumbent left. Andrew Mathie finished up at Fidelity in late August, after two years with the company. Mathie worked directly with Fidelity managing ...

MLC Life appoints group insurance executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
MLC Life Insurance has appointed an executive lead to its group insurance business, recruiting from NSW Treasury. Andrea Forbes has joined MLC Life as executive lead - relationship management, group insurance. She joins from NSW Treasury where she was ...

CommInsure charged over hawking

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
CommInsure has been charged with 87 counts of making unsolicited telephone calls to sell life insurance, and faces up to $1.8 million in penalties. ASIC is alleging the Commonwealth Bank subsidiary unlawfully sold life insurance policies over the phone ...

Former Deutsche director joins EQT

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
Equity Trustees hired a former Deutsche institutional sales director as an investment specialist. Grant Mundell joined the firm earlier this month as an investment specialist in its asset management team, with a remit to work closely with its philanthropy ...

Industry fund awards $125 million mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
An industry fund chose Dimensional Fund Advisors for a $125 million allocation as it directs more of its Australian equities assets into screened passive strategies. Christian Super manages $1.6 billion on behalf of its members, of which 23% is in Australian ...

The importance of reducing risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
In the current global climate it is more important than ever to reduce risk in your portfolio to ensure the best outcomes for your clients. Speaking at the Copia Reporting Season Wrap Up lunch in Sydney, Vertium Asset Management's chief investment officer ...

Paradice portfolio manager departs, US office closed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
David Paradice's equities boutique is closing its San Francisco office and bidding farewell to a co-portfolio manager after a restructure of its global small caps team. The $5 billion Paradice Global Small Cap Fund was managed by investors across Sydney ...

Morgans snaps up CommSec Advisory business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
Morgans has acquired CommSec Advisory for an undisclosed sum, after winning a tender conducted by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. There are about 18 financial advisers in the team who collectively manage around $4 billion on behalf of clients. Both ...