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Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
A number of factors have contributed to the current economic uncertainty, and investment strategies need to adapt to the 'new normal', according to GSFM and its fund manager partners Payden & Rygel, Munro Partners and Redpoint Investment Management. ...

Westpac announces appointment, departure

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
Westpac has announced a new chief operating officer will join its ranks, while a group executive will leave the bank early next year. Scott Collary has nabbed the role and will lead Westpac's newly created group operating office, as the bank brings ...

Chief economist update: No Karens in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
The difference between Australia and China, my friends, is there are no selfish, stupid "Karens" in China. None that compare to the one in the state of Victoria that has now gone viral, protesting against the mandatory wearing of face masks. Let's ...

Cbus appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Cbus has named its new chief executive, hiring a former VFMC chief executive to fill the role. Justin Arter will take over as chief executive of the $50 billion fund in late August, replacing David Atkins. Arter is currently working as a consultant ...

AustralianSuper partners with greenhouse gas giants

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Australia's largest superannuation fund has partnered with the country's major greenhouse gas emitters in a new initiative which will see them work towards a decarbonised future. AustralianSuper, joined by NAB and Schneider Electric, has partnered ...

Calls for broad default life insurance system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
There have been renewed calls from the country's major life insurers and adviser groups for a reset of the life insurance sector to allow for greater access. The Choice and Assess to Life Insurance (CALI) campaign, includes members from AIA, MLC ...

Perpetual takes stake in US asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Perpetual has acquired a 75% interest in a US-based asset manager. Perpetual has entered an agreement with BrightSphere Investment Group to acquire its stake in $64 billion Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss (Barrow Hanley); a global manager based ...

US pension funds form trading alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Four US pension funds have partnered to form the Global Peer Financing Association (GPFA), in a bid to increase and encourage peer-to-peer trading activity in the securities lending and repo markets to benefit asset owners. California Public Employees' ...

Value to be found in childcare stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
The government's ongoing fiscal support to the childcare industry throughout the pandemic has led to an undervaluation of childcare stock prices despite the COVID-19 surge in Victoria, according to latest research from Morningstar. Morningstar equity ...

Government announces $184bn deficit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced the country's biggest ever peace-time budget deficit as the economic effects of COVID-19 are realised. Frydenberg and Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Cormann revealed the economic toll while giving an economic ...