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ClearView announces board changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
ClearView Wealth has announced a number of changes to its board including a new chair. Geoff Black has been named as the new chair, replacing Bruce Edwards who announced his intention to retire at the start of April. Edwards officially retired as chair ...

Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
Victorian supermarkets - Woolworths and Coles - have re-introduced buying limits in their stores as hoarders and panic-buyers returned, raiding shelves of toilet paper, paper towel, hand sanitiser, rice, pasta, flour, sugar and the like following reports ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
"Renaissance is a French word meaning "rebirth." It refers to a period in European civilisation that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom. The Renaissance saw many contributions to different fields, including new scientific laws ...

Sydney boutique shutters fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
A Sydney boutique under Grant Samuel Funds Management's banner has closed its $28 million fund that invested in VIX and S&P 500 options. Triple3 Volatility Advantage, run by former Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan Singapore options trader ...

Boom time for exchanges

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Stock exchanges around the world are reporting an uptick in their profits, as COVID-19 volatility pushes up their revenues from higher transactions. The New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, Tokyo and Japan exchanges have all reported a surge in their revenues ...

Proceed with caution: Janus Henderson

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
The head of global asset allocation at Janus Henderson has sounded the alarm on risk assets, warning the rally seen in April has so far ignored the threat of economic tailwinds from the COVID-19 pandemic. Janus Henderson's Ashwin Alankar warned investors ...

Industry fund swaps insurers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
An industry fund is moving from MLC Life to OnePath as its life insurer effective July 1 and has notified members of changes to its offering. Energy Super has chosen OnePath after a rigorous tender process, the fund told members, while notifying them ...

Pinnacle adds new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
Ian Macoun's multi-boutique house has added an emerging markets boutique led by former Stewart Investors and Fidelity managers. London-based Aikya Investment Management will invest in emerging markets equities, and is Pinnacle's first Europe-based ...

COVID-19 drives Aussies to check exemptions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
In one of the most tragic of COVID-19 consequences, the pandemic is driving Australians to ask their life insurers whether their policies cover them for suicide, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economic has heard. Appearing before ...

AZ NGA makes 64th acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) has acquired a material interest in a risk advice business with offices in Sydney and Brisbane. Certe Wealth Protection is a specialist risk insurance advice business that currently employs four advisers and seven ...