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Pahari to leave AMP amid demerger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
AMP has confirmed Boe Pahari will leave the business as it pursues a demerger of its Private Markets business, after plans to sell to Ares Management fell through. AMP will demerge its $50 billion Private Markets business from AMP Limited and list it ...

Perennial establishes ESG boutique

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
Perennial Partners has spun its ESG team and flagship ESG fund into a separate boutique investment business. Perennial Better Future will include the Perennial Better Future Trust and the associated active ETF, the eInvest Better Future Fund (IMPQ) ...

Chief economist update: Bank of Canada walks the talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
Browse through recent monetary policy statements released by many central banks around the world and you'll notice a central theme - economic recovery starting this year powered by vaccinations, eased restrictions (in some countries), adaptation ...

Best MySuper options by risk-adjusted returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Australian Ethical, Aware Super and BUSSQ are the top three performers in MySuper, when risk adjusted returns are considered. Rainmaker calculated a combined risk-adjusted rank for MySuper options, incorporating their average percentile scores in Sharpe ...

Value managers fight back: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Value fund managers made a highly anticipated comeback in the first quarter of 2021, Mercer's latest analysis of Australian equities performance shows. In the year to March 2021, the Australian Shares Investment Manager Performance Survey revealed ...

Perks names investment chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Perks Private Wealth has appointed Ellerston Capital's chief investment officer as the chair of its investment committee. Christo Hall has been at Ellerston for over two years and was previously managing director - senior portfolio manager in the Asian ...

Regulator frets over SPAC boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
The US financial markets regulator has confirmed it has concerns around the rapid growth of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). US Securities and Exchange Commission acting director for the division of corporate finance John Coates said there ...

Citi research head jumps to MST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
Citi's head of Australian equities research has moved to boutique research house MST Financial. Craig Woolford made the move to MST after 16 years at Citi, most recently head of research for Australia. At MST he will be partner and senior research analyst. ...

ClearView adds advice growth role

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
ClearView Wealth has appointed a former Australian Unity Financial Advice executive to the newly created role of head of business growth. ClearView has welcomed Tony Mantineo to the role, previously general manager of business growth at Australian Unity ...

How advisers can capture young risk clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
A new report finds that it is possible for financial advisers to attract young clients and convince them about the benefits of advice and life insurance using new strategies. Integrity Life's The fight for future markets report upends the notion ...