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Pinnacle appoints chief financial officer

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
Pinnacle Investment Management has appointed a chief financial officer to support its ongoing growth. Dan Longan has nabbed the role, following about five years at the company. During this time, Logan was extensively involved in managing the finance ...

New private debt fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
Pinnacle boutique Metrics Credit Partners has launched a new fund-of-funds that will invest in direct loans to Australian corporates, with the minimum investment size set at $1000. The Metrics Direct Income Fund is targeting 3.25% per year above the ...

Model portfolio growth up 70%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
Australia's model portfolio landscape is growing at a rapid rate, with the number of models available on managed accounts up 70% per annum, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker research found over the last four years, the number of model portfolios ...

Mirae drops fees on Asian equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... 'cost to invest' as important factors when choosing their investments. "We consider Asia equities to be an important asset class for investors and fundamentally believe investors should not have to pay a high fee to access it." Mirae has been in Australia ...

Chief economist update: A tale of two quarters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way..." -- 'A Tale of Two Cities' ...

Mandates from superannuation funds slow

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Superannuation fund awarded only 30 mandates in the three months to March totaling $2.5 billion, down significantly from the December quarter's 63 totaling $8.6 billion, new data from Rainmaker Information shows. International equities strategies ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Law firm Slater and Gordon has slammed AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari's criticism of litigation funding and class actions, as AMP continues to battle lawsuits sparked by the Royal Commission. Slater and Gordon head of class actions Ben Hardwick ...

Rest names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
A former Morningstar investment lead has been appointed inaugural chief investment officer of the $54 billion industry superannuation fund. Rest has named Andrew Lill as chief investment officer, joining from Morningstar Investment Management where ...

Robo users double down during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
Robo advice provider Six Park saw a significant increase in users topping up their accounts during March and April, as COVID-19 rocked markets. In a normal period, Six Park sees about 10-15% of users top up their accounts over a two month period. But ...

Capital Group appoints ESG head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
The US$1.7 trillion manager has hired Schroders' global head of stewardship as its global head of ESG. Jessica Ground will start in the new role in September and will be based in London. At Capital Group, she will be responsible for incorporating the ...