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Ellerston LIC chair resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... (NTA) and the share price - which was the subject of shareholder and former Rothschild banker David Kingston's fury in October last year. EGI's board formed a subcommittee to consider the February 17 proposal. It excluded Jacob from the committee, given ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... Morrison government's tax cuts in July last year and the RBA's three 25 basis point rate cut each in June, July and October - indicating that both monetary and fiscal policies have still to get ahead of the curve. The problem for the RBA is that ...

SMSFs interrupted in 2019: SuperConcepts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... becoming law. In terms of legislation that did pass in 2019, Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2019 was passed into law on 2 October 2019. This introduces the Super Guarantee opt-out which allows workers with multiple employers to opt-out by applying for ...

Chief economist update: Japan fails to learn from history (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... in the previous quarter. Japanese authorities can finger the blame on Typhoon Hagibis - which battered the country in October last year - and/or the lingering anxiety over the US-China trade tensions (and the accompanying yen appreciation) over the fourth ...

Partnership sees improved advice services

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... from expanded financial advice capabilities via a partnership with Link Advice. LGIAsuper partnered with Link Advice in October 2019 and has now expanded its telephone service for providing advice to members. LGIAsuper chief executive Kate Farrar said ...

Perpetual awards mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... and fixed income strategies down under, managing director Matt Burdett told Financial Standard on a visit to Sydney in October. However, it changed its focus to income strategies after seeing a greater demand for them from superannuation funds.

Chief economist update: It's the US consumer, stupid me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... would need to cut interest rates by at least another 25 bps, in addition to the ones it announced in July, September and October (that took the fed funds rate from 2.25%-2.5% to 1.5%-1.75%). That was before US President Donald Trump was impeached (though ...

Fund manager hires from Paradice

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... Perennial Investment Management Limited," Perennial said. Bennett had worked in the operations role with Perennial since October 2015.

IFM Investors hires from Mercer

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... risk and compliance at IFM Investors on 3 February 2020. The role was previously held by Lisa Rayner, who resigned in October 2019. Oliver reports to Rob Babb, executive director of risk & compliance. IFM's risk and compliance team provide advice and ...

Macquarie suit to lead Challenger joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... appoint an Australia head for their joint venture which is readying a credit fund. Ares Australia Management was set up in October last year as a joint venture between $213 billion Ares Management Corporation and Challenger's multi-boutique business ...