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Pinnacle hires from Schroders

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... family offices and wealth managers. He will be based in London, and report to Pinnacle's managing director of EMEA distribution Ben Cossey. "James was the standout candidate during the recruitment process and I'm looking forward to working with him. ...

Halifax auditor to cough up fines

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
The auditor of Halifax Investment Services have been slapped with criminal charges and will pay up to $40,000. In a first for Australia's audit sector, Robert James Evett and EC Audit (formerly Bentleys NSW Audit) have been convicted by the Commonwealth ...

UniSuper moves on climate targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
The $100 billion superannuation fund is progressing on its commitment to net zero emissions after reducing its exposure to fossil fuels. In latest climate policy update, 40 of UniSuper's top 50 Australian portfolio companies have now set operational ...

Moelis Australia reports record results

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
Moelis Australia, which recently rebranded to MA Financial Group, reported a 61% increase in its statutory EPS as asset management, corporate advisory and lending performed strongly. For the six months ending June, underlying earnings per share were ...

Advised clients 5.2% better off

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
The help of a financial adviser has been able to boost a client's portfolio by 5.2% per annum, according to new research. The fourth annual Russell Investments Value of an Adviser Report found that advisers' biggest contribution to clients is their ...

Active Super awards back-office mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
Active Super has awarded a back-office mandate to Investment Control Systems (ICS) in a bid to increase efficiencies. ICS will help Active Super manage and automate several functions such as exposure reporting, cash forecasting, rebalancing, performance ...

Magellan profits dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
Magellan Financial Group reported a 33% drop in its net profit after tax to $265.2 million in FY21, as its performance fee revenue slid 63% and recent investments drew a loss of $41.8 million. MFG ended FY21 with $103.7 billion in average funds under ...

Best-performing global equities funds for FY21

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
Locally available managed funds investing in large cap global shares tallied 28.6% in median returns for the year ending June, but funds from Forager and Loftus Peak reported big gains, according to Rainmaker research. The median outperformance in the ...

ETF Securities to list pure play Hydrogen ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
ETF Securities is readying a new ETF that will invest in 30 hydrogen stocks, as it sees the sector benefiting from net-zero emissions commitments. The ETFS Hydrogen ETF will track the Solactive Global Hydrogen ESG Index and invest in stocks of pure ...

Fiducian's FUA inches to $4bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
Fiducian Group's funds under advice continues to grow but could be dampened by legacy clients that will not renew the services of an adviser. Fiducian's FUA went up $700,000 to $3.7 billion in the year to June 2021, thanks to acquisitions, inflows ...