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Westpac executive remuneration voted down

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... group was underestimated, Westpac is nonetheless sticking to its guns by retaining its wealth management arm when the other major banks are attempting to exit the sector. In other agenda items, shareholders approved Craig Dunn's re-election as a ...

UBS announces major asset management partnerships

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
A Melbourne-based fund manager will now be the investment manager for all of UBS Asset Management's Australian equities funds. A Sydney property manager will also pick up UBS' listed A-REITs fund. UBS Asset Management chief executive for Australia ...

Ignition lifts off in Ireland

HARRISON WORLEY AND MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... the region and their expansion plans in Europe. In Australia, Ignition Advice also provides custom solutions for banks and major super funds. Bank of Ireland, which boasts more than 3.5 million customers, plans to introduce Life Advice to these customers ...

Super funds defend $5bn infrastructure investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... would be equivalent to the wharfage fee that Botany and Kembla port operators would receive if they handled the containers. Major shareholders in NSW Ports include superannuation funds AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA and Hostplus as well as IFM Investors ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... as 2017 was turning into 2018... so good, that financial markets were pencilling in exit strategies from the world's major economies, led by the Fed's on-going move towards policy normalisation. Then "Tariff Trump" happened, China slowed, Japan ...

$300k makes advice worthwhile: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... to get them more involved in a topic of little interest to them,' Morris said. "With the employer generally being the major channel for obtaining wealth management products, due to the dominance of superannuation, it is unlikely that they will have ...

IOOF future uncertain: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... Morningstar has placed the stock IOOF Holdings under review. Morningstar described the action brought against IOOF by APRA as a major hit to the financial services giant's reputation. It is predicting a major restructure of senior leadership and ...

And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... Next Act") noted that S&P 500 could gain ~7% next year based on the consensus forecast of ten investment strategists at major US investment banks and asset management firms it surveyed. Group's predictions range from 2675 to 3100, with a mean estimate ...

IFM Investors chair lays out priorities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
The $113 billion manager will look towards congested cities to deploy future capital but nothing as big as its Westconnex investment is on the horizon, newly-appointed chair Greg Combet said in a media call today. The former Labor federal minister took ...

Women in Super ramps up "Make Super Fair" campaign

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... medallist who also has the coveted title of being the most decorated female track cyclist of all time. The group's next major event is the International Women's Day luncheon in March with special guest Tracy Spicer, media celebrity and author ...