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Boutique hires CBA's credit strategy lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... highly-regarded head of credit strategy, as it launches two new funds. Scott Rundell is joining Mutual Limited as its head of research and strategy in a newly-created role. Mutual Limited was started about 10 years ago by Wayne Buckingham and Brian Buckley ...

WTW launches first Australian-domiciled fund, names RE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has launched its first Australian-domiciled fund and appointed a responsible entity. The Global Equities Focus Fund (GEFF) will launch this month and "capture only the best investment ideas from the world's top global ...

Platform hints at aggressive expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... super fund." As for the Linear business, which Xplore acquired in 2017, the company recently reported to investors that a research and development claim to AusIndustry had been denied. Wright said when Xplore acquired Linear it had wholesale clients ...

AFCA delivers $185m in compensation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... he wants to see a continued focus on helping firms to create their own internal dispute resolution processes. However, research from July shows just 3% of Australians actually know what AFCA is. To try to combat that, AFCA launched the Financial Fairness ...

Super investment menus not what they seem: Rice Warner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... menus is largely to serve financial advisers and the more diverse needs of their clients. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin commented on the insights: "Super funds aren't Netflix. They offer too many investment choices. ...

Macquarie to cut jobs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... cooperation agreement with Kepler Cheuvreux. Macquarie said the partnership will "bring together leading equity trading and research capabilities in Europe and APAC and provide clients with reciprocal access to these core regions." "The strategic partnership ...

Consumers trust super funds about as much as banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
New research from Qantas Super shows superannuation fund members place about as much trust in their fund to act in their best interests as they do the big banks. According to Qantas Super, 60% of Australians trust their super fund to act in their best ...

China backs blockchain, Bitcoin soars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... up their efforts to plan the development of blockchain technology. Greater effort should be made to strengthen basic research and boost innovation capacity to help China gain an edge in the theoretical, innovative and industrial aspects of this emerging ...

Firetrail fund gets Morningstar rating

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... October 2019 provides a reminder to investors that returns are unlikely to look anything like the S&P/ASX 200 index," the research note said. It recommends using this as a satellite allocation, within a more broadly diversified overall portfolio. "We ...

Magellan active ETFs retain Zenith ratings

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... issuers and operators of active ETFs manage internal market making, we will review any such changes at that time," The research house has also elected to not initiate coverage on some of the newer active ETFs using internal market making while the industry ...