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SMSFs primed for best financial interests duty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... super funds accounting for $728 billion or around a quarter of funds under management," she said. "As [the SMSFA's] research shows, the driving force behind these numbers is Australians' desire to be 'masters of their own destiny' to ...

Financial services sees improved mental health

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... insurance services industries climbed from sixth place in 2019 to second overall in the thriving workplace score in 2020. The research highlights a large improvement in the mental health of financial and insurance services workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

CareSuper hires from VFMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... LUCRF Super and Frontier Advisors. CareSuper said Lim has extensive experience in portfolio management and investment research and will oversee the fund's fixed interest, credit and absolute return investment activities. CareSuper chief investment ...

Cbus appoints three investment heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... principal/senior consultant at Towers Perrin. He has also worked at Commonwealth Funds Management including as head of research and manager of trading. Lastly, Serge Allaire has been appointed Cbus as head of private equity. In his most recent role ...

Financial sector has deep pockets for philanthropy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... which is 17% more than the prior year. Thirty firms donated over $175 million to COVID-19 relief efforts, typically viral research and local communities, the 2020 GivingLarge Report found. Mining companies BHP, Rio, Newcrest and South32 contributed a ...

Frontier on hiring spree

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
Frontier has flagged hiring appetite for senior consultant and research roles, as it announces eight new additions including a senior consultant from CitiBank. Jill Guan has joined Frontier as a senior consultant specialising in debt and currency. She ...

Two ASI executives out the door

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... recently head of consultant relations for Australia prior to his departure in December 2020. He was responsible for the research and consultant relations across institutional and wholesale, representing 20 funds and strategies that spanned all asset ...

Local managed funds fee revenues shrinks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... managed funds reaped $4.5 billion in fee revenue in 2020 but average fees were down 6bps, according to new Rainmaker research. Rainmaker analysed more than 1000 managed funds which had $588 billion in total assets. The average fee wholesale funds charged ...

AMP Capital to bring cars to shopping centre

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... of how AMP Capital is responding to customer feedback and the changing nature of shopping centres. "We know from our research that customers are seeking a broader offer beyond the traditional retail mix when visiting their local shopping centre. This ...

No tech bubble: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
BlackRock's macro research team has revealed the $8.7 trillion asset manager is continuing to favour the technology sector going into 2021. "The pandemic has turbocharged transformations that were already underway - from sustainability to inequality. ...