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Vanguard Australia appoints new managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
Vanguard Australia has named a new managing director as Frank Kolimago heads overseas for a global role. Daniel Shrimski will leave his current role of chief financial officer for Vanguard's international business, to be the managing director for Australia. ...

EISS Super chief executive exits

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
EISS Super chief executive Alex Hutchison has resigned, after the fund failed the performance test and during its planned merger with TWUSUPER. Hutchison resigned yesterday and requested it be effective immediately. EISS Super chief financial officer ...

Strong year for farmland assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
Australian farmlands posted 15.07% in returns for the year ending June 2021, as commodity prices and seasonal conditions held strong, according to ANREV. This included 5.33% income contribution and a 9.36% appreciation. The data is compiled by Asian ...

ASX eyes a bigger slice of fixed income active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
In its biggest ETF listing rule change in over five years, the ASX is widening the universe of fixed income strategies it will accept for ETF listings. The AQUA rule changes, which are expected to come into effect on September 22, will allow fixed income ...

Pallas Capital raises $194m

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
The commercial real estate investment manager says it raised $194 million in new commitments from high-net-worth and family office investors between June and August. The firm said it has now reached $1 billion in cumulative transactions since its launch ...

Pinnacle acquires third-party distributor

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Pinnacle Investment Management Group is acquiring 100% of a third-party distributor working with boutique fund managers. Winston Capital Partners gives Pinnacle on-the-ground representation for the first time in Western Australia, the firm said. Upon ...

Platinum LICs combine boards

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
Platinum Asset Management's Asian equities and global equities LIC will now have a common board, as its Asia LIC's chair Malcolm Halstead retires. Platinum Capital Limited (ASX: PMC) and Platinum Asia Investments Limited (ASX: PAI) will both ...

MSCI reclassifies Pakistan to frontier market

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
The index provider will reclassify Pakistan from emerging to frontier, on the back of size and liquidity. MSCI will implement the change in a single step in November, alongside its semi-annual index review (SAIR). "Although the Pakistani equity market ...

Colonial First State faces penalties for MySuper conduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
The Federal Court has found Colonial First State misled members of its FirstChoice Fund on at least 12,978 occasions over nearly two years in relation to switching to its MySuper product. The court found CFS's communication (via letters and calls) ...

Channel Capital hires from Dimensional

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
The Sydney multi-boutique has appointed a Victoria-based institutional distribution director, hiring from Dimensional Fund Advisors. Henry Lyons joins its Melbourne office will be responsible for building Channel's strategic relationships with institutional ...