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Australian Ethical hires from BlackRock

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... Victoria, while Russell Menzies will take on the role of manager - adviser relationships for Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand. Bredberg joins Australian Ethical from BlackRock where she was most recently the director of ...

Watermark sheds market neutral fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... multi-boutique business set up as a joint venture between former MLC executive and current Koda Capital Founder Steve Tucker and Western Australian broker Euroz. Euroz decided to pull out of the JV in March deciding the business wasn't scaling up, leaving ...

Vanguard fund drops "cash plus" name

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... and says the investment strategy remains unchanged. Vanguard's name change follows similar moves by Legg Mason's Western Asset who switched from cash plus to "conservative income" and UBS Asset Management which renamed to "short term fixed income". ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... BetaShares Legg Mason strategy is a mirror of the long-running and successful unlisted Australian bond strategy run by Western Asset, Morningstar said. "We recognise the transparency this portfolio offers with daily holdings disclosure as being conducive ...

Gonski departs ANZ

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... economy recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and ANZ will remain committed to that cause. O'Sullivan is currently chair of Western Sydney Airport and Optus and a director of Coca Cola Amatil. He was chief executive of Optus between 2004 and 2012.

Chief economist update: Communists' party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... in nipping the second wave budding in Beijing in just around two weeks. Central government's cruel restrictions (by western standards) - along with monetary and fiscal stimulus measures - have saved the Chinese economy from falling into a technical ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... since May and placed red alerts on Paris and Marseille. Spain continued to face the worst coronavirus infection rate in Western Europe, with some 675 active outbreaks in the country, forcing neighbor states to continue placing restrictions on outbound ...

Housing values continue to slide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... unchanged in July compared with a 0.8% fall across the combined capital cities index. Regional Victoria (-0.5%) and regional Western Australia (-3.2%) were the only non-capital city markets to record a fall in values over the month. But with the government's ...

Another merger at First State Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... said. First State Super chief executive Deanne Stewart said the merger will benefit both funds. "We have had a presence in Western Australia for some time, and as a result of this merger, will look to strengthen our local services and support in the ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... bricks and mortar stores), why consumers the world over are buying cheap-er "Made in China" products and services, and why western countries have established manufacturing and call centres in countries where wage costs are cheap-er. It may seem counterintuitive ...