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Challenger delivers strong result

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Challenger delivered an upbeat half-year result, with assets under management and earnings growth. The company reported group assets under management of $115 billion, up 20%. Life sales were up 44% to $4.9 billion and life book growth was up 8.4% or ...

QIC bolsters real estate business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
QIC has hired a new head of alternative income for its real estate business, recruiting from Lendlease. Sally Harding joined QIC as head of alternative income, QIC Real Estate at the end of January. She comes from Lendlease where she held the role of ...

Australian Unity Trustees adds lawyer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
Australian Unity Trustees has appointed a national legal partnerships manager. Angela Ehsani steps into the role of national manager, legal partnerships. Based in Sydney, Ehsani will lead Australian Unity Trustees' national network of personal injury ...

What fund selectors want: Natixis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... spurred on by the correction we've seen across asset classes. "In Australia, it's no surprise that ESG will remain a focus and investors will look to make "green" allocation changes. For example, interest in green bonds continues to rise amongst ...

CSLR will not fully protect investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... it to these victims to pass this bill," he said. The Labor party said it supports the bill but is concerned by the narrow focus of excluding managed investment schemes. Conversely, the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association took a different ...

ATO underestimates SMSF performance: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... conservative and could be recalibrated to $200,000. "For the SMSF Association, we think there is strong evidence to warrant a focus on trustee education around the risks and limitations of inefficient investment management," the report reads. "Identifying ...

AustralianSuper to grow external mandates, hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
The nation's largest superannuation fund plans to appoint more external managers, including looking to hand out its first mandates for Japanese and Indian markets specialists. It has also hired from Frontier and VFMC as it grows the team responsible ...

Assets under custody hit $4.7tn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... 101,000 settled trades per day on behalf of clients. "Innovation, leveraging the right technology partnerships and an ongoing focus on standards has been key to achieving efficiency in custody and investment administration," Travers said. "Looking ahead ...

CFA Institute says focus on culture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... Australia Lisa Carroll said while a cultural reset will be difficult for some organisations, it is important that employers focus on employees' performance, promote inclusive work practices, and adopt a strong focus on values including trustworthiness. ...

Sequoia makes three appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
Sequoia Financial Group announced the appointment of three executives to bolster its national advice network. Barry Strapps has joined as regional manager for South Australia and Western Australia. He joined InterPrac last year and prior to that worked ...