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Franklin Templeton announces revised APAC team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... a new role as head of China strategy. Isabella Chan will be appointed head of Hong Kong. Shannon Wang will continue as general manager of Legg Mason Investments (Taiwan). For India, Sanjay Sapre will continue in his role as president of Franklin Templeton ...

Goldman chief faces backlash over DJ set

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
The chief executive of Goldman Sachs has copped criticism after he performed a DJ set to a crowd of over 2000 people in the Hamptons, as cases of COVID-19 in the US near 4.3 million. David Solomon, or DJ D-Sol, opened for electronic duo The Chainsmokers ...

Westpac discovers additional transaction irregularities

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
Westpac's money laundering woes continue to worsen, with the bank today announcing it has uncovered hundreds of thousands of additional transactions of $10,000 or more that are "incomplete or inaccurate" to AUSTRAC. After further investigation, the ...

SMSFA, FSC call for infrastructure investment access

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
The SMSF Association and the Financial Services Council (FSC) are calling for self-managed super funds to have access to unitised, liquid infrastructure investments as a way of generating economic growth. The two organisations, which represent more ...

Australian Unity names chief executive

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... University's Business School. Prior to these directorial positions, she worked in several senior roles at NAB, including the general manager of fixed income strategic initiatives, executive GM of NAB Private, executive GM and global head of the bank's ...

Australian Ethical adds to executive team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... strategic leadership and change management roles in financial services. She has held a number of senior roles including general manager at Perpetual and director at Credit Suisse in London together with various strategy consulting roles. Enander will ...

NULIS calls for clearer regulatory definitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... which it is delivered. "Clearer regulatory definition of the scope of intra-fund advice with a clear distinction between general advice and comprehensive personal advice would support enhanced intra-fund advice offerings to members." NULIS said its current ...

Chief economist update: Australian outlook under COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... it "reflects our expectation that the economy will begin to recover from recession during fiscal 2021... We expect the general government's fiscal balance to improve during the next few years beyond the large deficit being incurred in fiscal 2021 ...

Property winners, losers of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the strengths and weaknesses of property assets; with clear winners and losers emerging in the wake of the crisis. That's according to Principal Real Estate Investors chief executive Todd Everett, who told ...

Perpetual slashes fees

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... fees on nine of its fixed income funds and investment offerings, effective from October this year. Perpetual Investments general manager global distribution Adam Quaife said the management fee reduction comes following a comprehensive review of its fixed ...