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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 ...

Geared super funds hit jackpot

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
Latest research shows that geared super funds enjoyed a stellar 2019 thanks to a bull run in financial markets. According to new Rainmaker research, the top 10 geared retirement and superannuation funds achieved returns in excess of 50% in the 12 months ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
"MPs voted to give third reading to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) by 330 to 231 - a majority of 99 - which allows the bill to sail through to the House of Lords where peers will begin line by line scrutiny next week." This the latest news from ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
The global economy is toeing a fine line between economic growth and recession, with a number of threats poised to disrupt the already tepid global rally. That's according to the latest report from the World Bank on the global economic outlook for 2020 ...

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
Crude oil prices rose in the early months of the New Year on the escalation of tensions between the US and Iran after an American drone strike in Iraq on January 3 that killed Qassem Soleimani -- the head of Iran's elite Quds military force. The ...

Ellerston hires from Colonial First State

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
The Sydney boutique has hired from Colonial First State to appoint its lead for key accounts and research relationships. Lisa Rose joined Ellerston Capital as its head of key accounts and research relationships in December. In her most recent role ...

ASIC bans former Charter, NAB adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
A financial adviser who worked for AMP's Charter Financial Planning and NAB's GWM Adviser Services has been handed a four-year ban after the regulator reviewed a sample of his client files. David O'Brien failed to consider his clients' ...

UK pension fund expands offering, climate risk policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
A $16 billion UK pension fund modelled on the Australian superannuation system has received authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority to operate as an Occupational Pension Scheme. It is also intensifying efforts to tackle the risks posed by ...

Investment firm adds portfolio manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
The head of portfolio integration at a $54 billion superannuation fund has joined a Melbourne-based multi-asset investment manager. Alex Cathcart joined Drummond Capital Partners in December, taking the role of portfolio manager. Drummond Capital Partners ...

MLC Life Insurance under review

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
Australia's life insurance industry is facing deteriorating profitability in relation to income protection products, according to MLC Life Insurance owner Nippon Life. The Japan-based majority shareholder of MLC Life purchased the business off National ...