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Ethical super fund shutters themed options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... inception it returned -1.50% to June 2019. The asset allocations for the other three options were split between international and Australian shares. The pride option achieved a return of 7.96%, while the animals option returned 2.83%. The environment ...

Regulators circle as scandal engulfs Westpac

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... nearly two weeks after AUSTRAC's explosive exposure of 23 million money laundering breaches by Westpac's international money transfer product LitePay, some relating to financing child exploitation in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Byrnes ...

HUB24 announces new board appointment

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... company's audit, risk and compliance committee. Prior to this appointment, Stringer worked for several national and international law firms, as well as serving as in-house legal counsel with financial institutions such as MLC, where she served on the ...

Deutsche Bank offloads $76b in assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... Paribas back in September, has now left the bank to join a Hedge Fund. James Ruane has taken up a new role at Bayview International as head of European special situations after six years at Deutsche. The bank said Ruane has been replaced with chief accounting ...

Fee cuts at super fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... 1.20% p.a. This option had $93.6 million at the end of June. The biggest fee drop is in Australian Ethical's international shares option, which will go from charging 1.29% per year in investment fees to 1.10 % p.a. This option had about $56 million ...

Enforcement appetite is working: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... have undermined public confidence in the financial sector over recent years. It is, we believe, at the forefront of international practice in many areas."

Industry fund awards $100m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... Block told Financial Standard the $10 billion fund has been cutting its allocations to equities (both Aussie and international), and allocating more to real assets and debt strategies. "Equities, bonds and many traditional asset classes are expensive. ...

Pendal Group yanks equities mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
Pendal Group has pulled nearly $460 million from an international equities manager, as it hands over the management of three funds to its in-house team. AQR Capital Management managed three funds for Pendal. These are the Pendal core hedged global share ...

ACSI, AFIC respond to Westpac scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... longer being held by AFIC. "It seemed to us it would be difficult for them to grow," he said. "They're looking to go international and that's interesting. It's something we'll follow."

J.P. Morgan predicts extended income squeeze

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... indicate a rise of 50 bps. Meanwhile, the assumption for Australian equities has come down to 5.8% (minus 20 bps). "International markets outside of the US look set to offer higher returns in AUD terms, reflecting stronger expected depreciation in the ...