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Rest appoints three investment specialists

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
Rest announced the appointment of three new members to its board investment committee, including the former chief executive of Pendal Group and a UBS veteran. Michael Bargholz, Deep Kapur and Anne Anderson will join the five person investment committee ...

IFM jumps on net zero bandwagon

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
IFM Investors has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions across its asset classes, targeting net zero by 2050. IFM said the move is an extension of action already being taken by its infrastructure assets to reduce emissions through investment ...

Half of UK pension funds seek buy-out

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
About half of all UK defined benefit pension funds are now targeting a buy-out as their long-term objective, new research shows. A survey of 100 DB pension scheme trustees by consultancy Hymans Robertson revealed the number of pension funds aiming for ...

Chief economist update: Budget me this Batman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
"If not for you Babe, I couldn't even find the door I couldn't even see the floor I'd be sad and blue If not for you" - Olivia Newton-John Yes Olivia, it's the Budget. There might be precious few worrying about the implications of the ...

Ausbil drops fees on global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
Ausbil Investment Management has dropped the fees on a global equities fund with a sustainability focus by about 30bps. The Candriam Sustainable Global Equity Fund went from charging 1.05% per year in management costs to about 0.75% per year, effective ...

Netwealth sees rise in inflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
Netwealth has experienced a leap in inflows for the September quarter of $1.9 billion, bringing total funds under administration to over $34 billion. The figure represents a 24.5% increase in FUA net inflows against the prior corresponding period. Its ...

FPA renews calls for advice definition changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... recent reforms in regulation play an important role in protecting consumers, there has been an unnecessary level of duplicated red tape that will create a significant regulatory burden with no additional benefit to the consumers," he said. "There is ...

Geoff Lloyd to leave MLC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
Geoff Lloyd will leave MLC at October end after two years at its helm, after its recent agreement to sell the business to IOOF. MLC's chief corporate services officer Andrew Morgan will oversee MLC's day-to-day operations while the sale to IOOF ...

Budget commitment to aged care not good enough

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced the government will commit more than $1.6 billion to provide support to the country's ageing Australians, but experts say the measures don't go far enough. The Treasurer announced the record funding would ...

Super industry cautious on more reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
The financial services industry and business community in Australia has responded in a generally positive manner to the government's 2020-2021 budget, but the super sector is so far cautious in its response. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...