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New head of retail at Pinnacle

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
Pinnacle Investment Management hired a new head of retail from Morningstar, as the incumbent moves his focus to corporate strategy. Ramsin Jajoo joined Pinnacle in February. He will manage a team of 16 and report to its founding managing director Ian ...

VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
VanEck has launched a hedged version of a $520 million that invests in MSCI Ex Australia using quality as a factor. The newly-listed VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality (Hedged) ETF tracks a hedged version of the same index tracked by the ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may not even need to acquiesce to mounting consensus expectations for at least one interest rate cut this year after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) good news on the country's unemployment rate ...

AFA takes red pen to Hayne report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers has stepped up its opposition to the Royal Commission's final report, claiming the inquiry failed to acknowledge the value of advice. In a paper released by the association this week, AFA general manager policy ...

Chief economist update: BOJ decision announced and ignored

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
I wasn't aware of this, but it appears that Donald J. Trump had been letting his fingers do the talking even before he became POTUS. The "Daily Mail" re-printed the tweet he made back on 30 December 2013: ""No one remembers who came in second" - ...

Banks must prioritise NPP, says Reserve Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
The $1 billion New Payment Platform seems to be another headache for the big banks. Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe asked the chief executives of the big four to confirm they are putting significant resources into rolling out the high speed payment ...

Industry fund executive takes new role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
The chief risk and compliance officer of an industry superannuation fund managing more than $6 billion has made the move to a bigger fund. Vision Super is welcoming Nikki Schimmel to the fold, after the former LUCRF chief risk and compliance officer's ...

Former adviser cops 10-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
A former financial adviser has been jailed for 10 years for using more than $6 million in client funds for his own purposes. Gabriel Nakhl was found guilty of engaging in dishonest conduct and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment by the District ...

Zero tolerance approach to poor culture needed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
The newly appointed lead of APRA's capability review is taking a no-nonsense approach to fixing poor behaviour and getting culture right. Monash Business School professor Graeme Samuel, who appeared at the 2019 Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) ...

Chief economist update: What's the RBA waiting for?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
The Sino-Yankee trade war, the slowdown in the global economy and more recently, the Brexit fiasco have all had a negative bearing on the Australian economic outlook. This is no better depicted than by the recent National Accounts update showing the ...