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First Sentier funds appoint new RE

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... critical that our clients' funds are well supported in every respect." First Sentier managed $220 billion in total assets at December end. "The Trust Company is proud to be appointed as the responsible entity for the First Sentier Investors funds following ...

ERS dents Raiz Super by $13m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... million, despite taking a hit from the early release of super scheme. Members withdrew $13 million between April and December 2020, the firm's half-year accounts show. Raiz Super launched in 2018 with Diversa acting as its trustee. Members' money ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street can't have its cake and eat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... its policy accommodation sooner-than-expected. After all, the Fed did start raising interest rates (after the GFC) in December 2016 (and continued to do so) even when inflation expectations were lower than present. Then again, current actual inflation ...

NZ Super Fund adds board member

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... Mactaggart said. The NZ Super Fund has over NZD$55 billion in assets under management. It returned 10.26% per annum as at 31 December 2020.

Colonial First State hires to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... FirstChoice Alternatives. The hire takes CFS's investment team to 22. The business has $144 billion in total assets as at December end.

Countdown to FASEA exam deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... opportunity to sit the exam a further two times if necessary to pass the exam before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2021. FASEA encourages advisers to register," the authority said. The March exam is being held in 16 metropolitan locations ...

CountPlus profit down 53%

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... across Australia continues to grow." In addition, CountPlus completed six tuck-in acquisitions in the six months to 31 December 2020 including Ascent Private Wealth, Freedom Accounting Group, CBD Wealth Solutions and Arch Capital. CountPlus will pay ...

J.P. Morgan custody exec retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... sales, securities services, Australia and New Zealand. J.P. Morgan is the largest custodian in Australia, according to December end statistics from he Australian Custodial Services Association's (ACSA) biannual statistics. It has a nearly 25% share ...

Investors on red alert despite vaccines

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... reveals. Natixis Investment Managers' annual 2021 Professional Fund Buyer Outlook, conducted between November and December 2020, shows six in 10 participants believe the COVID-19 new normal is here to stay. Two-thirds expressed a more pessimistic ...

Aussie dividends slump 40%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... cut or withheld their dividends during 2020 as a result of COVID-19, a global dividend index shows. Between April and December 2020, Aussie firms either cut or cancelled dividend payments nearly 40%, according to Janus Henderson Investors. In the Asia ...