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Yarra hires head of macro, strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... caps funds in December. UBS AM's small caps team set up shop at Challenger's multi-boutique Fidante Partners in April.

YouTube fundie woes continue

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... Following our engagement, these breaches were each notified to us as resolved within a timeframe we had agreed with Link." From April to December last year, the FCA had monthly monitoring discussions with Link about the deteriorating liquidity position ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... causing negative consequences to the financial system and the economy in general. It maintained interest rate settings at its April meeting, as well as its bond buying programme - an annual pace of increase of about ¥80 trillion. Chances are the BOJ ...

Fee discounts harder for active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... exchange-traded products. They have grown steadily with many new managers tossing their hats in the ring and 24 products on offer at April end. Their fees are largely on par with their unlisted counterparts. But they may face a hurdle in swelling their ...

Myer Foundation backs new strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... MVE") is a new unit class in its AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund which has outperformed the index by 4.1% p.a. since April 2014 inception. It will have a greater focus on low-volatility stocks that the manger says typically have low-carbon characteristics. ...

IOOF hires national manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... including managed accounts. It has confirmed the appointment of Andrew Rockliff as national manager of platform solutions in April. Rockliff is charged with maximising growth opportunities for managed accounts solutions and delivering IOOF's "open architecture" ...

Facebook dropped from ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... scandals brought the company's ethics into question. The S&P 500 ESG Index underwent its annual rebalance at the end of April and removed several notable companies along with Facebook - including IBM, Oracle and Wells Fargo. Facebook was the fourth largest ...

ANZ cleared of $50m fee bungle

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... over the next 18 months. ASIC will monitor the phasing out of Prime Access," ASIC said. At the time of the undertaking last April, ASIC said a 2015 investigation revealed the bank had failed to provide documented annual reviews to more than 10,000 'Prime ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... three-month period and, despite low interest rates, personal credit continues to decline - down by 2.79% in the year to April from down 2.77% in the previous month (the 43rd straight month of year-on-year contraction... and counting). Good luck to businesses ...

AMP Super, board slapped with licence conditions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... regulator said. This is the second instance APRA has flexed its new regulatory powers. It imposed licence conditions on IOOF in April for failing to establish a dedicated superannuation trustee function by the 31 March 2019. In response, AMP said it ...