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Former CFSGAM executive joins industry fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
A former member of Colonial First State Global Asset Management's global leadership team has joined a $4 billion industry super fund as an independent investment expert. Former chief operating officer, director and member of CFSGAM's global executive ...

Praemium adds Chi-X products

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
From today, financial advisers using Praemium have access to Chi-X's suite of funds, TraCRs and warrants. Praemium has become the latest wealth management platform to recognise the popularity of Chi-X's range of products, after Powerwrap made the firm's ...

Former State Super investments chief returns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
A former State Super chief investment officer is returning to the fund as a director. Lisbeth Rasmussen has joined the board of State Super, three years after departing the fund and the role of chief investment officer. Rasmussen left the fund in late ...

Boutique manager taps former Challenger executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
A liquid alternatives investment manager has added a new chief risk officer, hiring from Challenger. Sydney-based manager Darling Macro has appointed Mark Swan as its new chief risk officer. Swan joins the manager from Challenger, having served as senior ...

Life insurers prepare for grilling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
Key players in Australia's life insurance sector are preparing to face a grilling by parliamentarians via videoconference next week. Next week several major life insurance firms and advocacy bodies will face up to the scrutiny of the House of Representatives ...

Billionaires club rakes in cash amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... billion), Silicon Valley real estate mogul John Sobrato (up US$2.1 billion), Apollo Global Management co-founder Joshua Harris (up US$1.7 billion) and Mediacom founder Rocco Commisso (up US$1.09 billion). The Institute for Policy Studies pointed to decreasing ...

Has COVID-19 solved the advice problem?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
With robo-advice yet to take off in Australia, and the cost of advice still too high for most people, has COVID-19 delivered the solution to the sector's problems on a silver platter? Shadforth's Terry Dillion certainly thinks so. Speaking to Financial ...

Members begin to turn on industry funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
New customer satisfaction data shows members' opinions of industry superannuation funds are starting to turn, after weeks of scrutiny over their performance during the COVID-19 crisis. According to Roy Morgan's latest superannuation customer satisfaction ...

AMP bleeds $18 billion

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The market damage of COVID-19 saw AMP's wealth management arm shed more than $18 billion during the first quarter. COVID-19 has left AMP around $18 billion shorter than it was at the beginning of the year, with the economic impact of the pandemic hitting ...

Managed accounts use broadens

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Latest research on financial advisers' use of managed accounts shows their increasing popularity among advisers with lower-balance clients. Once reserved for wealthy clients, managed accounts are proving popular for financial advisers with lower-balance ...