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Boutique shuts doors

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
A small caps boutique founded by former UBS investors has decided to close after two institutional investors pulled back their money. Avoca Investment Management was set up by J eremy Bendeich and John Campbell in 2011, with the backing of multi-millionaire ...

New chief at HSBC Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
HSBC today announced the appointment of a new chief executive for its Australian business. Kaber Mclean will step into the role, effective March 2020. Mclean will be responsible for leading HSBC's in Australia as it seeks to expand market share ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
"I'm walking on sunshine (Wow!) I'm walking on sunshine (Wow!) I'm walking on sunshine (Wow!) And don't it feel good." Sadly, Australians are not singing and dancing to this upbeat classic by Katrina and the Waves. The Westpac/Melbourne ...

AustralianSuper ups admin fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
AustralianSuper will introduce a new fee for MySuper members from April 2020 to offset the impact of the Protecting Your Super changes. Effective April 1, AustralianSuper's members will start paying the 'Administration fee - Protecting Your ...

Super fund names new chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
The chief investment officer from Media Super has jumped ship to take on the same role at another industry fund. Legalsuper announced Norman Zhang will commence as the fund's new chief investment officer at the beginning of March this year. Just yesterday ...

Chief economist update: Happy New Year rat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
"Gong xi fa cai"! China celebrates its lunar new year on January 25 this year, bidding farewell to the "pig" and welcoming the 'Year of the Rat'. Beijing has every reason to be optimistic. Derogatory as it may seem to be called "a rat", this ...

ASIC increases levy costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has hiked the levies owed by superannuation trustees, up over 22% from what the regulator estimated in March 2019. ASIC had published the indicative levies for superannuation trustees as a minimum ...

Commonwealth Super mulls platform changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation is considering making changes to how it administers about 570,000 defined benefit member accounts as its existing systems age. CSC has invited interested companies to submit proof-of-concepts for a core registry ...

MLC Wealth hires technology chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
MLC Wealth is expanding its executive leadership team with a new hire, responsible for transforming the business' technology and operations. Following an extensive search, Darren McKenzie has been appointed chief technology and operations officer of ...

Janus Henderson shuts down Aussie fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
Janus Henderson Investors has shut down the $159 million Australian version of its global emerging market equities fund, returning capital to investors. The Australian fund was officially terminated on October 31 and the windup concluded a month after. ...