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GROW Super boosts executive leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
Superannuation startup GROW Super has appointed a deputy chief executive as the firm looks to transition towards administration. Less than a year after he joined the firm, GROW Super head of strategy Adam Gee has been promoted to deputy chief executive. ...

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 ...

Goldman Sachs $1b corruption bill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
Goldman Sachs has taken a fresh US$1 billion blow to its quarterly profit, as the bank foots the litigation bill for its involvement in the ongoing 1MDB corruption scandal. The US-based bank posted quarterly revenue of US$9.96 billion, beating expectations ...

Chief economist update: Phase one deal signed, sealed and delivered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
The highly anticipated US-China 'phase one' trade agreement has finally come to pass - signed, sealed and delivered on January 15. The deal involves China committing to buy at least an additional US$200 billion worth of US goods and services ...

NAB revamps superannuation trustee board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
NULIS Nominees has added a former Vanguard Australia director and three other non-executive directors to its board, as ASIC chases it in Federal Court. NULIS, which oversees NAB's superannuation funds with $75 billion in assets under management ...

Boutique fund manager chief retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
A $14 billion Melbourne equities boutique is looking for a new chief executive as the incumbent retires. Steve Schubert retired as Cooper Investors' chief executive in December. He first joined the boutique in May 2015 as its chief operating officer ...

Gardior adds board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
Two executives from Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets have joined the board of Gardior after winning the mandate to manage The Infrastructure Fund in late 2018. Head of MIRA Australia Grant Smith and head of MIRA Asia-Pacific Frank Kwok joined ...

Crestone bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
Crestone Wealth Management has made eight new appointments, bringing its team to 80. The firm said the hires reaffirm its commitment to high-quality professional advice in the high net worth and ultra-high net worth client segments. Paul Shalhoub, Duane ...

Chief economist update: A busy 2020 for Abe, BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
The world economy would advance by 2.5% this year, a tad stronger than the "post-crisis low" of 2.4% estimated for 2019. This is the World Bank's prediction contained in its January 2020 'Global Economic Prospects' report, noting that: "While ...

First Sentier hires AMP Capital portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
First Sentier has added an AMP Capital portfolio manager to its multi-asset team as an existing senior portfolio manager moves to the co-head role. Heath Palos joined First Sentier's multi-asset solutions team on Monday. In his most recent role ...