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MLC names head of retail distribution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
MLC Asset Management has appointed a head of retail distribution, joining from Robeco. Tom Keenan has been appointed head of retail distribution, which is a newly created role at MLC. He was most recently chief executive and regional head of wholesale ...

We've done our part, now it's your turn: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe was forced to remind the Standing Committee on Economics that the RBA is not solely responsible for economic recovery and the federal government also needs to pitch in. Lowe explained that while the ...

Lendlease CFO leaves for competitor

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... We know that he is highly regarded in the industry and has a strong reputation among property investors," Stockland chair Tom Pockett said. "Our rigorous internal and external executive search process gave us a field of very high-quality candidates. ...

ASIC investigates ASX

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
The corporate regulator is investigating the ASX following an outage last week which saw investors unable to trade for 24 hours. "ASIC has confirmed to ASX that it is conducting an investigation into the ASX Trade outage on Monday, 16 November 2020," ...

Treasury expected to release retirement review

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
Nearly four months after Treasury received the Retirement Income Review's final report, it is expected to be released to the public tomorrow. An independent three-person panel of Treasury veteran Mike Callaghan, former Future Fund board member and ...

Chief economist update: Australian wages slow but still grow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
While many have seen their wages stagnate, or even drop, this year the latest figures from the Australian Bureau Statistics (ABS) shows wages are up slightly from last year. "The September quarter is generally a quarter of solid wage growth, however ...

Spaceship launches new managed fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
Spaceship is adding a new active equities product to its managed funds lineup, with the fees waived off for first $5000 and 10bps per year after. The Spaceship Earth Portfolio is the third fund in Spaceship Voyager, its $225 million managed funds offering ...

ASX market outage lasts all day

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
The ASX equity market paused trading this morning, and will not open until tomorrow morning. The market will not open again until 10am tomorrow as the ASX works to fix the issue. Today was the go-live for the refreshed ASX Trade system, which is the ...

Mercer launches climate-transition tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
Mercer has launched an analytics tool that helps institutional investors assess which companies are committed to combating climate change and want to adapt to a net-zero economy. Analytics for Climate Transition (ACT) assesses companies' commitment ...

New chief for global fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... investment manager has named its new chief executive and chair, who assumed the post this month. Mike Freno took over from Tom Finke at Barings, who has served in this role since 2016 and led the institution through its integration. Freno was appointed ...