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UBS shuts fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
UBS Asset Management Australia is winding up the UBS-HALO Australian Share Fund. The termination was effective April 28. The strategy, where HALO stood for high alpha long term opportunity, invested in about 20 ASX-listed stocks. It is one of the lineup ...

Lonsec appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
The ratings house has appointed a new chief executive, after it announced Charlie Haynes's impending departure last month. Former Xplore Wealth chief executive Michael Wright will now lead Lonsec, after the ASX-listed platform business was bought ...

BetaShares appoints chief financial officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
The fast-growing ETF issuer has appointed a chief financial officer in a newly created role. Jason Gellert was previously BetaShares' head of corporate development and is one of the co-founders in the company. He previously worked at Morgan Stanley ...

Equip, Catholic appoint acting CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Togethr Trustees has named an acting chief investment officer, as it looks for a permanent replacement for Anna Shelley, who is leaving for AMP Australia. Effective July 1, Darren Rosario will act in the role. Rosario is currently the head of portfolio ...

Super funds slam budget's super gap measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Superannuation funds welcomed the budget's move to dump the $450 threshold, but called out a lack of measures to close the super gap. Last night's budget included five key decisions on superannuation. These were abolishing the $450 per month ...

AMP Australia announces new leadership team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
AMP Australia chief executive Scott Hartley has announced a new leadership team and an updated operating model. Hartley will have seven direct reports. This includes three external hires, including a new managing director advice, a chief investment ...

Investors greenlight LIC to ETF conversion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Unitholders in the Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) yesterday voted in favour of converting the LIC to a listed open-ended fund. The Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) last year initiated the process to convert from the closed-ended structure ...

Dexus to acquire APN Property Group

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Dexus will acquire all of APN Group's stapled securities in a bid that values the latter at about $320 million. The two have entered a scheme implementation deed. Dexus will pay 91.5 cents per APN stapled security in cash. This is 50% higher than APN's ...

FTSE Russell adds to local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
A former lead of HESTA's responsible investment team has joined FTSE Russell as its head of sustainable investment for Australia and New Zealand, alongside another hires. In the newly created role, Jo Saleeba will be responsible for FTSE Russell's sustainable ...

Fiducian acquires Adelaide adviser's FUA

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Fiducian Financial Services paid $495,000 to acquire $23 million of advice assets from a North Adelaide adviser exiting the industry. The dealer group acquired the assets for a Tasmanian financial planner in its network, who is relocating from Tasmania ...