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Bernie Madoff dies in prison

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... conducted five major investigations into Madoff, dating back to 1992, but had failed to find evidence of his fraud for over a decade. Madoff was at one point the chair of the NASDAQ stock exchange. He ran a brokerage, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities ...

Rest appoints head of investment strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
Rest has hired BlackRock's head of client portfolio solutions in Australia as the fund's head of investment strategy and asset allocation, while also naming a head of capital markets. Andrew Thomas will report to Rest's chief investment officer Andrew ...

Include ESG in BFID: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
The Financial Services Council (FSC) wants superannuation funds' ESG investments to be included in the proposed Best Financial Interests Duty. The government's BFID wants super trustees to make decisions that are in best "financial" interests of their ...

BlackRock hires from AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... allegations. Espeskog is currently head of iShares Asia Pacific distribution and has been with BlackRock for more than a decade. Prior to this he was a director at Barclays Capital and also spent time at Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs. BlackRock said ...

HESTA hires investment manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... associate. Prior to that, Lye was a senior investment manager at LUCRF Super. Earlier in her career, Lye spent more than a decade in various investment analyst roles with The Gandel Group. She got her start in the industry through the Commonwealth Bank ...

Chief economist update: RBA promises support over the next three years

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... per cent over the next few years." But when? Historical data shows that even when the unemployment rate dropped to multi-decade lows of around 4.9% back in 2011, wages growth remained subdued and measured inflation rose only to the mid-point of the RBAs ...

Mercer names chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... Funds for over four years. She takes over from McKeown who was in the role for over three years and at Mercer for over a decade. The appointment comes after Mercer made appointments for two roles in the Pacific leadership team last week. Helen Murdoch ...

MySuper fees could halve in 10 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Fees charged by MySuper products could halve over the next decade to a median of 0.5% per year, says Rainmaker Information which analysed the fees of 457 super products over the last six months. The research found MySuper products charged members median ...

Rice Warner acquired by Deloitte

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Actuarial firm Rice Warner has been acquired by Deloitte. Rice Warner's chief executive Andrew Boal, head of superannuation Stephen Freeborn, and executive general manager of insurance Jennifer Baxter will become Deloitte consulting partners. Michael ...

New hybrids ETF on Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... expects hybrids to be less volatile than equities. "Hybrids have been a popular choice for many investors over the last decade, producing returns that have been slightly less than equity markets, with much lower risk. Current margins of around 3% above ...