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IPIF names investment lead, launches capital raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... general manager of investments. Prior to that, he was executive director and portfolio manager at Hastings Funds Management. Sean Kim has also joined IPIF in the role of senior investment analyst. At the same time as announcing the appointments, IPIF ...

MLC Life appoints new executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... Insurance has appointed a new executive, focused on driving new business in group insurance, from Freedom Insurance Group. Sean Williamson, most recently chief executive of the embattled Freedom Insurance Group, will join MLC Life this month as executive ...

Buy time ahead for Aussie equities: Tribeca

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... materials (18.2%), healthcare and industrials (about 11% each). Earlier this year, Liu's longstanding co-portfolio manager Sean Fenton and a quantitative analyst Peter Moore left the firm to start a new boutique at Channel Capital.

Shorting doesn't have to be risky: Solaris

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Solaris chief investment officer Sean Martin told the 2019 Pinnacle Investment Summit that shorting doesn't have to be risky in order to be successful. Martin took to the stage to explain Solaris' preferred shorting techniques and to dispel what he ...

ASIC moves to ban direct life cold calling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... it intended to restrict outbound sales of life and funeral insurance in an effort to protect consumers. ASIC Commissioner Sean Hughes said the corporate regulator was determined to step in when consumer trust in "the system" was under threat. He added ...

AFCA delivers $83 million win

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... licensees voluntarily cancelled their licences and 48 credit licensees were cancelled or suspended by ASIC. ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes said: "ASIC has taken proactive measures to protect consumers from those few financial services licensees and credit ...

ASIC slams consumer credit failures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... added telephone sales staff use high-pressure selling and other "unfair sales practices" when selling CCI. ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes said the corporate regulator was "deeply troubled" by the findings in the report, which included the likes of Commonwealth ...

AMP Life appoints temporary investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... the latter takes extended leave. Jeffrey Brunton, a senior investment director at AMP Capital, has taken on the role while Sean Henaghan is taking planned extended leave, an AMP Life spokesperson said. "Jeff is on secondment while we transition the chief ...

Tribeca's Fenton to set up shop at Channel

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund is getting ready to start a new long/short investment firm with the Sydney-based multi-boutique. Sean Fenton and three others are expected to launch a new equities boutique in August. The boutique's distribution, marketing ...

Boutique fund manager rebrands

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... inflows coming from retail investors over the next year or so." Australian Eagle Asset Management chief investment officer Sean Squira said the Australian Eagle Long Short Fund had performed above benchmark. "Performance of 20% per annum or 8.2% above ...