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Fidelity extends institutional capability

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
Fidelity International has appointed a former AMP Capital executive to head up its institutional business as the needs of its clients evolve. Joining the firm from his current post as head of institutional business at AMP Capital is John Meagher. Meagher ...

FirstChoice adds natural resources strategy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... leading the charge. According to the firm its team (which currently manages more than $1.3 billion of retail and institutional funds) combines industry experience and qualifications in geology, mining engineering and metallurgy with investment management. ...

Unpaid super reaches $6bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
Industry Super Australia is lobbying the Federal Government to improve proposed laws that further address unpaid superannuation, a figure estimated to be about $5.9 billion as at 2015-16. Speaking to a Senate committee hearing in Canberra on Friday ...

Chapmans passes on blockchain investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... patent-pending regtech and fintech that aimed to bring regulatory and compliance-based asset tokenisation and trading to institutional and retail investors. Chapman's US$4 million was to be invested in four tranches, of US$1 million each. It made ...

Australia should consider Islamic finance to bridge infrastructure gap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
If super funds continue to spurn local infrastructure investment in favour of offshore assets, Crescent Wealth managing director Talal Yassine believes the Islamic finance market should help make up Australia's shortfall. Yassine called on the Federal ...

Australian Unity Trustees signs tech partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
Australian Unity inked a deal with a major wealth management software provider to fortify its trustee business. Australian Unity Trustees has selected Bravura Solutions' Garradin platform to provide its core operating system. The implementation of Garradin ...

CBA settles with AUSTRAC for $700m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
Commonwealth Bank will pay $700 million to resolve civil proceedings brought against it by AUSTRAC for contravening anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism laws - almost double what it anticipated. CBA has announced it reached an agreement with ...

Super protection policy needs improvement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Advocacy group Women in Super is calling on the Federal Government to re-examine its policy to end life insurance for Australians with low superannuation balances or accounts with little activity, suggesting it could be detrimental to women with dependents. ...

Magellan launches retail Australian equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
... with a long and proven track-record of prudent common-sense investing that has previously only been available to institutional and high net worth investors," Magellan said. Magellan acquired Airlie in February. Commenting on this at the time, Magellan ...

Aussie fixed income house partners with Israeli firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Australia's largest fixed income specialist, with more than $10 billion in funds under management, is partnering with an Israeli portfolio solution company. FIIG Securities selected Herzliya-based BondIT to provide its relationship managers with ...