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Managed accounts provider hires executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
A former general manager of MLC's platform business is joining an ASX-listed managed accounts provider. Bruce Hawkins joins Managed Accounts Holdings (managedaccounts.com.au or MGP) as chief financial officer. Melbourne-based Hawkins was most recently ...

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 ...

Perpetual raising $440m for credit trust

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
Perpetual has opened an offer to raise $150-$400 million for an actively-managed portfolio of credit and fixed income assets. The Perpetual Credit Income Trust (ASX: PCI) has met its $150 million minimum from indicative bids, the manager said. It has ...

Australia appeals holistically to foreign investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
Foreign investors tend to look at Australia holistically before investing in the local share market, Financial Standard 's latest spot poll shows. About 45% of participants said numerous factors contribute to making Australia an attractive place ...

Top staff at Regal get equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
Regal Funds Management's key people have just acquired equity stakes in the boutique for the first time, after Phil King's family bought back a 30% stake from Ascalon. The King Family trust took 100% ownership of the boutique in October. As ...

Financial Standard names editor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
Financial Standard will welcome a new editor following the acquisition of Money magazine. Senior journalist Jamie Williamson will move into the top job on 25 March, succeeding Darren Snyder who has been appointed managing editor of Money. Williamson ...

TAL goes back-to-back at AFA awards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
TAL went back-to-back, winning the Association of Financial Advisers' Life Company of the Year award for a second year running in Sydney recently. The life insurer took home the top gong as Platinum Winner of the AFA Life Company of the Year Award ...

Reforming bank culture rests on regulators: Silk

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
The chief executive of Australia's largest superannuation fund is pinning his hopes on the regulators to transform the culture of the big banks and retail sector. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk says he's doubtful that the organisations called ...

Liquidation likely for Halifax

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
Halifax administrators updated investors on the future of the beleaguered online stockbroking firm, with signs pointing to liquidation. The firm - whose AFSL was suspended shortly after it went into voluntary administration in November 2018 - was found ...

Smaller platforms continue to excel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
Smaller platform players continue to make gains against their institutional competitors, according to Investment Trends' latest report. Netwealth and HUB24 were top of the platform pile in 2018 according to the firm's annual benchmarking and ...