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Bell Asset Management launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
Leaning into the ever-growing interest in sustainable investing, Bell Asset Management has launched a new fund. The Bell Global Sustainable Fund is an ESG fund for Australian retail and wholesale investors. The fund is an actively managed, concentrated ...

Industry fund cuts premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
A $2 billion industry fund has reduced its insurance premiums by more than 17%. REI Super informed members premium rates will decrease by 17.5% for income protection and 3.3% for death and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance. "We continuously ...

New investment head at First Sentier

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
First Sentier Investors has a new global head of investment management. David Allen has been appointed to the role, based in London. He was most recently global chief investment officer, equities at AMP Capital. Allen has more than 20 years of global ...

Perpetual launches active ETFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
Perpetual Asset Management Australia launched one active ETF and is gearing up to launch a second. The Perpetual Ethical SRI Fund (Managed Fund) (ASX: GIVE) commenced trading on the ASX today. GIVE is the first in what Perpetual says is a suite of Active ...

Citi Australia wins custody mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
Mirae Asset Global Investments has appointed Citi Australia as its provider of custody and fund administration services for its Australian funds management business. The South Korea based fund manager said Citi was selected for its international and ...

BetaShares changes custodian for hedge funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
The custodian of BetaShares' listed hedge funds has changed. The ETF manager announced to the ASX that from November 26 Deutsche Bank AG will no longer serve as the custodian and prime broker for the three funds. Instead, BNP Paribas has been appointed. ...

New role for Ian Silk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
Long-serving AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has taken on a new role with a consulting firm. He has joined KPMG Australia as a special adviser. In the part-time role, Silk will advise KPMG clients on environmental, social and governance issues. ...

Are managed accounts living up to the hype?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
At the Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Managed Accounts, a panel of experts have offered their honest views on whether managed accounts are delivering on the hype surrounding them. MLC Asset Management head of investment consulting (managed ...

Morningstar launches retirement strategy tool

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
Morningstar has launched a new retirement strategy tool, aimed at assisting financial advisers in managing longevity risk for clients. Ryan Murphy, head of decision sciences at Morningstar, launched the new tool today. He said it is designed to take ...

Super funds failing three-day transfer requirement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
Trading platform Stake - which has a DIY super offering - has called out some of the largest super funds, saying they are failing to roll over members to its SMSF offering in the required three days. Since October 1, APRA regulated super funds have ...