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Risk inflows stay flat

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... MetLife contributed significantly to the overall result. The data is in line with APRA's quarterly life insurance performance statistics which painted a bleak picture with net profit after tax down 95.6% to $18 million while total revenue down 27.4% ...

QBE appoints local chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... resilience and adaptability as well as for cultivating talent, fostering diverse and inclusive teams, and driving performance," Pryce said. "Sue's insurance expertise, together with her experience as an executive at a major commercial lines brokerage ...

BT appoints risk expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... spent a decade at PwC in senior roles. Other than risk and compliance, her experience in wealth management includes performance improvement, transformation/change projects, stakeholder management and business processes. BT parent company Westpac is currently ...

Lakehouse Capital adds return-to-work appointment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... small companies fund has returned 24.6% p.a. over the last three years to November end, according to Rainmaker data on performance of Australian small cap managers in wholesale segment. Bennelong's emerging companies fund holds the top spot with ...

Kearney Group launches responsible managed portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... process," he said. Kearney added that he believes it is a moral obligation for financial advisers to consider ESG performance for clients. "We know ESG has direct financial relevance and is a good indicator of long-term value. So, failing to consider ...

IPO outlook positive for 2021

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... of 50% or more for the year. While this is an excellent outcome for these companies, the gains are in line with the performance of the wider market in the second half of the year following the market low of early March," Ohm said. In regards to first-day ...

GQG sees spectacular FUM growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
The global equities boutique swelled its assets by over $45 billion in 2020 amid a year of good performance. GQG Partners, which is a part of ASX-listed multi-boutique Pacific Current Group, now has $86.9 billion in total funds under management, according ...

Centuria spends big ahead of fund launch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... Centuria Industrial REIT, which is Australia's largest listed pure-play industrial fund. We aim to replicate the strong performance of CIP through this unlisted pure-play industrial fund." Centuria's portfolio includes $3.1 billion of industrial AUM ...

Maple-Brown Abbott finetunes Aussie equities lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... Companies Trust. Over that period, it returned 6% p.a. while the S&P/ASX 200 Total Returns did 9% p.a. The geared funds' performance picked up in the last three months of 2020, as it returned 34.6% to benchmark's 13.7%. But beyond that, the fund falls ...

MLC Life appoints transformation lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... the role, replacing acting chief innovation and transformation officer Tahir Tanveer. He joins from listed sports performance technology company Catapult, which provides solutions to the likes of the New England Patriots and Real Madrid. MLC Life described ...