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Sunsuper raises ICR by 19bps

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Sunsuper is raising the indirect cost ratio for its Balanced option by 19bps, attributing it to better performance since COVID-19. Sunsuper's balanced option currently charged ICR of 40bps per year, which totals $200 for every $50,000 invested. ...

Jarden and Nomura form alliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Investment and advisory firm Jarden and investment bank Nomura have joined forces to provide clients shared expertise. Nomura will provide its global network, product capabilities and balance sheet to support clients across equity capital markets (ECM) ...

Research firm launches, hires Macquarie exec

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
A global fund manager research and benchmarking firm has launched in Australia, appointing a former Macquarie Group executive to lead the business. David Goodman is the new managing director of Inalytics for the Asia Pacific region. Goodman was most ...

Pendal to acquire US firm, profit climbs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Pendal Group has announced its plans to acquire US-based investment firm Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley (TSW) as profit rose 8%, according to its half-year results. Pendal will purchase TSW for US$320 million ($414 million) which represents 7.6x the first ...

Morningstar appoints director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
Morningstar Australasia has appointed a director of manager research ratings, after Aman Ramrakha moved to a different role. Annika Bradley is currently an independent financial services consultant with Lodrino, providing investment consulting and management ...

MAX finalists named, voting open

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
The finalists for the 16th annual Financial Standard MAX Awards have been announced, with voting now open until May 30. The Financial Standard MAX Awards highlight individuals, teams and organisations in the financial services industry excelling in ...

The other side of the ETP growth story

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
There is another side to the exponential growth exchange traded products have enjoyed; not every manager will be able to get in on the action, and legacy unit trusts will likely lose out. Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall, speaking at ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
Just when we thought Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has tapered sooner-than-later taper expectations, along comes Robert Steven Kaplan -- president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. While the US Federal Reserve was waxing ...

Value of internet search for stock markets revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
New research from RMIT has found that suppressing internet searches creates stock market instability. The research reviewed the impact on stock markets of Google's decision in 2010 to unexpectedly withdraw its search business from China. It found that ...

FirstChoice dominates platform market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
New research finds that Colonial's FirstChoice platform is the most popular among financial advisers across all states and territories. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's March Financial Adviser Register reveals Colonial FirstChoice is the most-used ...