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Wealth firm trims Aussie shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... S&P/ASX Midcap 50 index has gained more than 11% since the start of the year and is dominated by materials, industrials, financials and consumer discretionary stocks. Ten-year annual returns of the index sit lower at 6.47%. The 10 largest holdings in ...

UBS deputy head of research departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... Insurance coverage will now be responsibility of Kieren Chidgey, who is adding it to his current coverage of diversified financials. Following the changes, the research executive committee will include APAC head of research Damien Horth and four executives ...

BetaShares launches new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... allocations by country are in China (26%), South Korea (14.7%), Taiwan (10.9%), India (10.5%) and by sector are in financials (26.7%), information technology (23.6%), consumer discretionary (19.4%). EMMG's management costs are 1% per annum. Legg Mason ...

UBS co-head of equities departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... have the sole responsibility for the role. Williams joined UBS in 2004 as a research analyst working on diversified financials. He was promoted to managing director in 2012 and became the head of research for the Australian and New Zealand before starting ...

ClearView posts first half profit dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... first half as it repositions pricing of its life insurance and wealth management products. The ASX-listed diversified financials has three main businesses: life insurance, wealth management and advice. Together, they posted $13.3 million in underlying ...

Fidelity adds US equities exposure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... remain attuned to the risk of value traps, and are closely watching for signs of vulnerability in our exposure to the financials sector across portfolios," Bateman said. On the fixed income side, Fidelity is focusing on gaining exposure to high quality ...

Pendal acquires Regnan

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... continue to offer its independent services under the brand and the acquisition has no material impact to Pendal's financials, the investment manager said. Pendal Australia chief executive Richard Brandweiner said: "Full ownership of Regnan [Pendal ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... are introduced, the composition of the emerging market index will change with increased exposure to sectors such as financials, industrials and real estate. "This will give rise to more opportunities for active managers to diversify their portfolios ...

Watermark pulls out of global equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... Invesco's ASX Small Companies Fund. Harry Dudley was appointed as an investment analyst in November, covering the financials sector. Dudley joined from Macquarie Equities where he covered Australian banks. Finally, Alex Gurman also joined in November ...

Ten stories that defined the Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... See our top 10 here. Comyn promised personal accountability As the chief executives and chairs of Australia's largest financials services entities took their turn in the Royal Commission's hot seat, Commonwealth bank chief executive Matt Comyn spoke ...