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NAB launches team for vulnerable customers

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
NAB has created a specialist team of bankers dedicated to recognising and responding to signs a customer is experiencing vulnerability. Called the NAB Customer Support Hub, its aim is to help detect the early stages of financial hardship, such as scam ...

Centuria reveals new fund manager

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
Centuria Property Funds has appointed Jesse Curtis as fund manager of Centuria Industrial REIT. Curtis will take over from current fund manager, Ross Lees, who was recently promoted to head of funds management for the wider Centuria real estate platform. ...

AXA Investment Managers expands impact investing options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
AXA Investment Managers announced its fourth impact investment strategy which will launch at the end of this year, focused on addressing the basic needs of consumers in emerging and frontier markets. The aim is to expand its investment portfolios by ...

Equity Trustees confirms international strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
Equity Trustees' London-based fund services business has been appointed authorised corporate director for the $88 billion River and Mercantile Funds. Equity Trustees' function as authorised corporate director means it will perform oversight for funds ...

Senate creates committee on fintech, regtech

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
Passed yesterday, the motion - brought by Senator Andrew Bragg -establishes a committee to inquire and report on fintech and regtech opportunities, barriers, and future trends. It will examine the "size and scope" of the opportunity fintech and regtech ...

Vanguard launches three new active funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
Vanguard has launched two new actively-managed, low cost equities funds managed by external managers, as it kicks off a lineup of active funds in Australia. The company has offered factor-based funds in Australia for roughly the past two years but this ...

AXA IM dips toes in Aussie student housing

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
AXA Investment Managers' real assets business has made its first move into student accommodation in Australia, acquiring six operational assets in a new venture which plans to invest more in the sector. AXA IM partnered with Allianz Group and manager-operator ...

Suitability of managed accounts grows

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
Managed accounts are becoming more suitable for a broader range of clients, attendees of the 2019 Financial Standard Managed Accounts Best Practice Forum have heard. Speaking at Financial Standard 's Managed Accounts Best Practice Forum in Sydney this ...

Foresight launches new wholesale fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
Global infrastructure and private equity manager Foresight has launched a new investment fund - its first foray into Australia's wholesale market. Tapping into the desire for green income, the Foresight Renewable Energy Income Fund will make loans of ...

ASIC super specialist jumps to law firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
A senior specialist on ASIC's superannuation team has taken a consultancy role within a law firm's financial services team. Ruth Stringer joined Herbert Smith Freehills on September 2. She has more than 30 years of experience, most recently at the Australian ...