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WTW appoints head of due diligence, and private equity Australasia M&A

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
Willis Towers Watson named Sarah Pendred as its head of due diligence and private equity for Australasia within its mergers and acquisitions practice. Pendred will take up the role on July 11 and report to WTW director Steve Torresan. She will be based ...

Median MySuper returns of -2.8% expected

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
Single strategy, default MySuper options are likely to deliver the fourth worst result in 35 years for the financial year just gone. According to the Rainmaker MySuper Index, default MySuper options are expected to see a median return of -2.8% for the ...

ETF Securities launches fixed income options

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
ETF Securities is expanding its product range with the launch of a US Treasury Bond fund and a USD high-yield corporate bond fund. The new funds are the ETFS US Treasury Bond ETF and ETFS USD High Yield Bond ETF (both currency hedged). ETF Securities ...

Dodge volatility, invest in global equities: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
When looking for companies to invest in think medium-term, buy sustainable themes, look for opportunities and drip feed or average into the market, a new report says. Paul Wild is a senior fund manager at Pendal Group's wholly owned subsidiary J O Hambro ...

Foord Asset Management enters Australia, mandates EQT

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
Foord Asset Management has expanded into the Australian market, announcing Equity Trustees as responsible entity (RE) for its local offering. The new Foord Global Equity Australian Feeder Fund invests exclusively in the Foord SICAV- Foord Global Equity ...

Rest expands sustainability mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
The super fund has expanded an existing mandate with Calvert to include a carbon reduction tilt that will cover its entire Australian equity portfolio. Earlier this year, Rest enlisted the help of Calvert Research and Management and Parametric Portfolio ...

Talent shortage impacts demand for regional advice practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
It's a buyer's market for those keen on acquiring a regional financial planning practice - just don't expect to be able to hire for it. According to latest observations from Radar Results, buyers are increasingly preferring to buy in the capital cities ...

ASIC bans Melbourne adviser

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
The corporate regulator has dealt out a three-year ban to David Noel Ruthenberg of Venture Advisory Consulting. ASIC found that, between June 2015 and September 2017, Ruthenberg recommended that some of his clients invest in the Investport Income Opportunity ...

MLC Life appoints chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
The life insurer has hired a senior iCare NSW executive to the role. Jane McGovern will take over as MLC Life's chief risk officer on September 19. She replaces acting chief risk officer Edwina Star who had joined from PwC in March following the ...

Australian Retirement Trust, Morrison & Co acquire FiberLight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
Australian Retirement Trust and H.R.L. Morrison & Co are key members of a consortium that will acquire the US fiber infrastructure provider. The consortium, which is led by Morrison & Co, also comprises a managed client of UBS Asset Management. It marks ...