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UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... started using Bloomberg's Asset and Investment Manager (AIM) and portfolio and risk analytics (PORT) solutions. In December, it hired a former central bank portfolio manager for a Singapore office in a deputy chief investment officer role, and is ...

Australian Ethical divests IOOF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... Commission's final report before making a decision about whether to divest from IOOF. "However, APRA's legal action in December 2018 prompted us to review the regulator's published information in support of the action, as well as IOOF's ...

Local Government Super chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... made a series of executive and board member changes over the last two years. It created two new executive roles last December to report directly to Smith. Daniel Musson is the new chief of people and transformation, while Brett Dolling joined as chief ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... US$60.55/barrel, they remain 29.7% below the 2018 peak. This, despite the OPEC and non-OPEC oil ministers' meeting in Vienna in December last year, where they agreed to cut production by 1.2 million barrels per day. According to the International ...

Praemium to upgrade platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... solution through a digital portal. Overall, Praemium raked in $768 million of new adviser/investor money in the 2018 December quarter. This takes its gross inflows for last year to $2.8 billion which is 10% higher than 2017. In Australia, it extended ...

MLC Life welcomes board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... Platform. Both capabilities make it easier for customers to manage their cover online. Korhonen joined the board on 7 December 2018 and will also serve as a member of the audit, disclosure, and risk committees. She is also a non-executive director of ...

SelfWealth launches ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... high-volume traders," Ward said. SelfWealth's latest update saw operating revenues jump 22.5% to $522,000 in the December 2018 quarter. Its cash spend dropped $400,000 to $800,000. SelfWealth completed a share placement of about 20.5 million fully ...

Boutique shuts down fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... last year, Premier said it would terminate the fund at November end, and stopped redemptions and new investments. By December 10, the fund had liquidated all its holdings, paying investors in distributions and final redemption payments. For the year ...

ANZ, IOOF revise wealth sale agreement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... former's aligned advice dealer groups. The contract amendment follows regulatory action taken by APRA against IOOF in December 2018. APRA sought to impose conditions on IOOF's license and is also seeking to have several of the company's executives ...

Budget surplus unlikely as economy stalls: Fitch

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... delay the Federal Government's 2019/20 financial year surplus, according to market analysts at Fitch Solutions. In December 2018, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann announced the Federal Government had received higher ...