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AXA IM acquires three Sydney hotels

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
AXA Investment Managers' real assets business has bought three hotels in Sydney's Olympic Park and one in Canberra's CBD as part of a $330 million acquisition. Novotel, Ibis and Pullman sit close to each other at Olympic Park which is home to ANZ Stadium ...

Grandfathered commissions ban splits industry: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
The proposed removal of grandfathered commissions will have opposing effects on revenue, latest poll results show. More than half (53%) surveyed by Financial Standard last week said the removal of grandfathering arrangements will have minimal to no ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Industry groups for women help narrow the gender gap in senior management by providing executive education scholarships for women in finance and superannuation. On Wednesday, Women in Super announced its 2019 scholarship program in partnership with ...

More consolidation to come: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Of the 28 funds identified by APRA as candidates for merger in the last 12 months, at least 13 have moved to do so. And a further three could also be headed for the exit door, APRA chair Wayne Byres said. Appearing before the Senate Economics Legislation ...

Arming human traders for big-ticket trades

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
A new trading software is aiming to make life easier for asset managers trading large chunks of Australian equities, ETFs or futures. Liquidnet's new software, called Discovery, aims to give human traders the same level of analytics as accessible to ...

Advice group appoints general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
An advice licensee owned by HUB24 hired from BT Financial Group to fill a newly-created general manager role. Sonya Choi La Rosa is joining Paragem after six years at BTFG. She has 20 years' leadership experience, including senior roles at Mercer ...

Platinum LIC posts $29m in losses

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
Platinum Capital Limited posted $29 million in net losses after tax for the half year ending December 31. The listed investment company (ASX: PMC) has $446 million in funds under management, invests in developed and emerging markets businesses, and ...

Opportunities outweigh threats when it comes to SMSFs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
Threats to the SMSF sector certainly exist, but they are outweighed by opportunities, according to the Self-Managed Super Fund Association. Opening the SMSF advocacy body's national conference in Melbourne this morning, a panel of industry experts discussed ...

BTFG restructure sees corporate super lead exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
The head of corporate superannuation at BT Financial Group will depart following a strategic review. BT Financial Group has confirmed to Financial Standard it will merge its superannuation distribution teams "to maximise the expertise across all BT ...

InvestSense hires head of adviser solutions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
InvestSense recently appointed the former head of distribution at Russell Investments as the director and head of adviser solutions. Paul Carrington spent 13 years at Russell Investments and prior to that worked as a financial adviser at Carrington ...