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UBS Asset Management drops fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... Management recently hired from BlackRock to add a director to its institutional business development team in Melbourne. In December, UBS Asset Management offloaded the investment management of its Australian large, mid and small-caps funds to Yarra Capital ...

Global fintech appoints head of Asia

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... will report to global head of markets Paco Hauser. Pascal Foehn, who has led the market region on an interim basis since December 2018, will continue to support the team in Asia in addition to his role as Avaloq's group chief operating officer. Avaloq ...

Manager vacancy at $50m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... recurring EBITDA, net tangible assets and annual capex. These were to be measured quarterly. Blue Sky met them for the December quarter but on May 9 said it was in breach of the minimum recurring cash EBITDA covenant as at March 31 and it was talking ...

Future Fund returns 11.5%, crosses $160bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... Future Fund now manages $162.6 billion, after adding about $14 billion in investment earnings in the six months between December 2018 and June 2019. "You will see that the risk as measured as volatility is more like a balanced fund or a conservative ...

CFP coursework approved

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... Certified Financial Planning (CFP) 1-4 program coursework to obtain the FPA CFP designation between 1 July 1999 and 31 December 2003 are eligible for two credits in recognition of prior learning in an approved graduate diploma. FASEA chief executive ...

M&G sets up shop down under

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... development for Australia in September last year, and James MacKinnon was appointed head of Australia, real estate last December. They are based in Melbourne and Sydney, respectively. Prior to his current role, Chris Andrews was head of client relationships ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... Fed's percentage point rate reduction from 5.25% in 2006 to 4.25% in 2007 was unable to prevent the US recession from the December quarter of 2007 to the June quarter of 2009. But perhaps, this time is different. The US unemployment rate is at near ...

State Street ETF in franking credit kerfuffle

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... total of 82 cents per unit in franking credits to its investors for the first three quarters of FY19 in the September, December and March distributions. However, by the time the final quarter rolled around in June, the ETF had run out of its tax office-approved ...

Court dismisses Westpac lending practice case

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... ASIC's case against Westpac, alleging it breached responsible lending practices for home loans. ASIC alleged that between December 2011 and March 2015, the bank failed to properly assess whether borrowers could meet repayment obligations before entering ...

Future Fund voted down Pinnacle equity grants

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... down slightly to 93. Future Fund also voted against granting equity to former NAB chief Andrew Thorburn at NAB's 19 December 2018 meeting and supported equity grants to ANZ chief Shayne Elliott, Commonwealth Bank chief Matt Comyn and Westpac chief ...