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OpenInvest names chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... to professional asset and wealth management expertise." Pappas joins Schroders former chief executive Greg Cooper, former Class chief executive and director of Countplus David Smith and former RACV executive Susan Allen. The appointment comes as OpenInvest ...

ISPT writes down assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Industry Super Property Trust has spoken of the substantial devaluations a recent review of its holdings resulted in, as it processes about 1400 requests for rental relief. Appearing before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics ...

Women receive worse advice: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Financial advisers tend to give female clients poorer advice and recommend riskier assets compared to male clients, a new study shows. Women are significantly more likely to receive undiversified financial advice than men, researchers from the Hong ...

WAM wins Blue Sky bid, appoints directors

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Shareholders of embattled alternatives investments company Blue Sky have voted in favour of joining the Wilson Asset Management stable at an extraordinary general meeting held yesterday afternoon. The investment company's name will be changed to WAM ...

MSCI launches domestic index series

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... indices, which enables the alignment of asset allocation and portfolio construction decisions across equities as an asset class, the index provider said. Construction and weighting are based on the MSCI's Global Investable Market Indexes (GIMI) methodology ...

Investment consultant adds to insurance team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
The country's largest investment consultant has named a new head of insurance strategy to lead expanded insurance advisory services across the sector. JANA announced Greg Wilkinson will be taking on the newly created role, having been promoted from ...

AMP deed of release bars advisers joining class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... allegedly handing departing financial advisers a contract with a clause in it that prohibits them from joining the current open class action. The Advisers Association chief executive Neil Macdonald said he became aware of a new clause in AMP's deeds ...

Former IFM executive joins KKR

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... commitment to the Australian market and he will play an important role in our continued efforts to build a multi-product, world-class platform across a diverse range of strategies in the region," he said. KKR has US$22 billion in assets globally. It ...

Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... returns (44%), risk management (43%) and the illiquidity premium (43%) are also driving instos to seek shelter in the asset class. More specifically, private debt is the most popular investment vehicle. Over half (52%) plan to increase allocations to ...

Super fund expands investment exclusions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
A $52 billion super fund has updated its product disclosure statements to exclude investment in any company that provides services to detention centres. HESTA said the change is part of its responsible investment approach and will come into effect 1 ...