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Class action accuses CFS of dodgy insurance fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
Shine Lawyers today filed a class action against Colonial First State alleging that hundreds of thousands of Australians were charged excessive insurance premiums. The action alleges CFS, as Commonwealth Bank's superannuation provider, put members into ...

DNR expands distribution team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
DNR Capital has expanded its wholesale and distribution team with the appointment of a new regional manager for New South Wales and Queensland. Robert Coates will join the team from Pengana Capital, where he was responsible for servicing financial advisers ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
"I'm walking on sunshine (Wow!) I'm walking on sunshine (Wow!) I'm walking on sunshine (Wow!) And don't it feel good." Sadly, Australians are not singing and dancing to this upbeat classic by Katrina and the Waves. The Westpac/Melbourne ...

The ingredients of a successful fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
New research from Zenith has found that fund managers with bigger investment teams and specialist coverage responsibilities tend to outperform their peers but opening multiple offices around the world will not give you a performance edge. Zenith compared ...

Preqin opens Australian office

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
The alternatives assets data juggernaut is opening an office in Sydney, as it looks to expand its local client base and build its research coverage. Preqin Pro is a software subscription platform that tracks data (such as fundraising, deals and exits) ...

Aussie investment gurus delve into alternatives

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... that riskier products are likely to continue to perform despite investor jitters. "After a year in which nearly every asset class performed strongly, no one is expecting a repeat in 2020," he said. "Investors are cautious and rightly so, however, with ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Fund SSGA International Equities Index Trust INTERNATIONAL LISTED PROPERTY Dimensional Global Real Estate Trust (unhedged Class Units) Macquarie true Index Glob Real Estate Sec Quay Global Real Estate Fund Resolution Capital Global Property Securities ...

Class action accuses NAB of super rip-off

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers today filed a class action on behalf of more than 330,000 National Australia Bank superannuation customers. The action relates to MasterKey Business Super and Personal Super account holders and accuses NAB of breaching its ...

Wealth giants shrink advertising budgets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... five years, documents from the Standing Committee on Economics show. Colonial First State, which is currently facing two class actions, spent only $1.68 million on its campaigns for FY18/19, down significantly from the over $6 million that it shelled ...

Sydney beats Dubai on most expensive cities list

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
Sydney is more expensive than Dubai and has the world's priciest business class flights but best-value luxury shopping, says a new report. Sydney came in as the 15th most expensive city in the world, ahead of Dubai at 17 in the Julius Bar's ...