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ANZ serious on cost cuts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... is not in the best interest of members. The restructuring of the workforce has been underway since 2017, last years' half year results for the bank showed that it had cut its workforce by approximately 4000 staff on the previous years' numbers.

Industry funds announce $26bn joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
Two industry superannuation funds have announced a joint venture that will create a $26 billion entity, aimed at delivering scale benefits to their combined 150,000 members. Equipsuper and Catholic Super have signed a memorandum of understanding to ...

Top staff at Regal get equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
Regal Funds Management's key people have just acquired equity stakes in the boutique for the first time, after Phil King's family bought back a 30% stake from Ascalon. The King Family trust took 100% ownership of the boutique in October. As ...

Industry fund executive takes new role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
The chief risk and compliance officer of an industry superannuation fund managing more than $6 billion has made the move to a bigger fund. Vision Super is welcoming Nikki Schimmel to the fold, after the former LUCRF chief risk and compliance officer's ...

Blue Sky appoints new chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has tapped the leader of a property investment manager for its next chief executive. Former Aspen Group boss Joel Cann has been appointed chief executive at Blue Sky, as the investment manager looks to rebuild following ...

Macquarie shuffles wealth leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
Macquarie's wealth division is about to see a few changes at the top. From April 1, Macquarie head of wealth product and technology Cameron Garrett will head up the firm's wealth intermediary. After leading the firm's wealth products and technology ...

Platinum LIC posts $29m in losses

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
Platinum Capital Limited posted $29 million in net losses after tax for the half year ending December 31. The listed investment company (ASX: PMC) has $446 million in funds under management, invests in developed and emerging markets businesses, and ...

IPO activity to slow down

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... disappointing share price performance and the general market conditions, IPO activity could slow down in the coming half year, Ohm said. Only 17 companies had applied to list on the ASX by end of 2018. This is down from 37 the previous year. They are ...

IRESS appoints insto broking head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
IRESS looked inward to find its new head of institutional broking. George Vidinis has been appointed to lead the account management of the firm's institutional and online broking clients. Vidinis has served IRESS since joining the firm as an account ...

VanEck drops fees on ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
Australia's first China A-shares ETF has knocked 12bps off its annual management fees, after a decision taken by the board in the United States. The VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC CSI 300 ETF (ASX: CETF) will now charge 0.60% instead of the 0.72%. The ...