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Westpac appoints director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... director of Suncorp Group and chair of the Bermuda Stock Exchange. Exel was also the managing director of Bermuda Commercial Bank for three years. She began her career as a solicitor in international finance. "We are delighted to welcome Audette to the ...

Looking beyond high-dividend stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... the market rather than simply focusing on what might be the high dividend yield stocks in the past," he said. Cappetta said bank dividends are returning but not at the pace investors would expect. "Government and RBA support has meant that earnings and ...

ASIC prepares licensees for reference checks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
ASIC released more information on what financial advisers can expect from the new reference checking laws, which take effect on October 1. New protocols administered by ASIC requires a licensee recruiting a prospective financial adviser to request a ...

Sydney world's strongest luxury real estate market

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
New research from Knight Frank has revealed that Sydney is the hottest market in the world for luxury real estate this year. Knight Frank forecasted how much the prices of luxury real estate are set to rise in cities around the world in 2021 and 2022. ...

Acadian launches multi-asset fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... institutional and wholesale investors seeking a defensive alternatives exposure. The fund aims to deliver a return above the S&P/ASX Bank Bill index with a targeted volatility of 6% over rolling three-year periods. "Acadian's Global Macro Fund is designed ...

FAR draft legislation released

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The government on Friday released the draft legislation for the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) which will apply to superannuation funds and insurers. The FAR extends the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) which has applied to banks ...

Bank rebound buoys Aussie equities funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... of value stocks, and the outperformance of active management. At an individual stock level, Mercer found that Commonwealth Bank was the largest stock contributor over the financial year, followed by ANZ, Fortescue, BHP, NAB and Westpac. "While the second ...

Bennelong boards appoint chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The Bennelong Funds Management Group welcomed a new chair, who previously led a major superannuation fund as its chief executive. Michael Dwyer took over as chair of the group on July 1, which includes overseeing subsidiary Bennelong Funds Management. ...

HUB24 appoints chief product officer, director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
The platform has appointed MLC's former group executive, platforms to the inaugural role of chief product officer and added a former Westpac executive to its board. Darren Stevens was in the role at MLC for less than 12 months and was responsible for ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... in perpetuity, for his alma mater. There are two types of economists: those who could say they've worked with Reserve Bank governors and those who could say they've recruited promising economists who then went on to become Reserve Bank governors. ...