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Super fund turns to food sustainability

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... First State Super has about $1 billion invested in the agriculture sector. Some of the more recent investments include the sale and leaseback of land for almond production along the Murray River and the ownership of facilities to support poultry production ...

Woodford suspension extended again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... portfolio invested in unquoted and less liquid stocks into more liquid investments - without having to resort to a distressed sale which might be below current values.

Alan Dixon on extended leave from URF

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
The former chief executive of Evans and Partners, who stepped aside from the role in June to focus on the embattled US Masters Residential Property Fund (URF), is taking extended leave of absence for personal reasons. URF has a market cap of $301 million ...

Advice software firm appoints sales lead

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
A member of Stanford Brown's business development team has landed a national sales role at a firm that specialises in wealth management software for advisers. WealthO2 has appointed Phil Anderson as national business development manager, in a new ...

UBS AM hires insto sales director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
UBS Asset Management has added a director to its institutional business development team with a hire from BlackRock. Liam McDermott joins UBS Asset Management in the Melbourne-based role. In his most recent role, McDermott was a vice president and an ...

Ban unsolicited life insurance sales: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
An overwhelming number of Financial Standard readers have backed corporate regulator ASIC's move to ban the unsolicited sales of life insurance. Ninety-four percent of participants, who voted in a spot poll conducted last week, said life insurance ...

CFSGAM sale clears regulatory hurdles

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... received all regulatory approvals to sell its global asset management business to Japanese banking giant. The $4.2 billion sale to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB) is expected completion is in August, CBA said in company filings yesterday. ...

IOOF rejigs CRO role, appoints successor

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... of its chief risk officer and appointed a compliance and governance expert to the position. The group also announced the sale of one of its advice practices. Amanda Noble, who has been IOOF's acting chief risk officer since May 2019, will take on ...

ASIC clamps down on opaque active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... securities as people move in and out of the ETF. In return, the market maker gets to keep the difference on the securities' sale or purchase. To enable the external market maker to do its job, the ETF issuer has to give it a full list of portfolio ...

Standard Life Assurance fined for hawking non-advised annuities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
Standard Life Assurance has been slapped with a £30.8 million ($54.9m) fine by the UK regulator for hawking non-advised annuities. The Financial Conduct Authority found SLA offered its call centre staff "significant bonuses and rewards" if they exceeded ...