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UniSuper makes two senior hires

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... Capparelli is the new manager of sustainable portfolios and governance. Heard was most recently a senior portfolio manager and research analyst at Australian Equities investment manager JCP Investment Partners. Prior to this, she held senior roles with ...

Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
The widely-anticipated market moving event this week - US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's semi-annual testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the US Senate - turned out to be a bummer. We've seen this ...

Local fintech investment soars

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
Australia's fintech industry is catching the interest of international investors and raked in US$600 million of funding last year, according to KPMG analysis. KPMG's 2018 Pulse of Fintech report showed Australian-based Avoka and its sale to ...

New reforms to smash major super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... Commonwealth Bank and Cbus, based on APRA statistics for the September 2018 quarter. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said if successful, the reforms are a real win for consumers. "Many of Australia's leading super funds each have ...

Chief economist update: Trump tweets bull market back into China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
Two tweets from the US President (only because it couldn't fit in one) were all it took to send China's stocks soaring and turn its market technically from a bear to a bull. China's Shanghai Composite Index spiked 5.6% yesterday after US ...

Chief economist update: The RBI surprises (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
The Reserve Bank of India is full of surprises. When financial markets expected it to raise interest rates, it didn't. When everyone expected interest rates to remain steady, it cut. Recall that back in October 2018, the RBI surprised markets by ...

Australia ahead in gender diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... diversity space, she notes. Despite US firms publicly declaring a commitment to gender diversity in the last four years, research by McKinsey & Company found this has not translated into meaningful progress in 2018. This is because firms are failing ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... went to Natalie Kalouche, head of legal and compliance at Local Government Super; Miriam Herold, head of managed fund research at IOOF; Amy Teh, national manager, strategy and implementation at Colonial First State and Jayne Ker, executive manager, strategic ...

MLC MySuper switches to lifestage

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... exit fees legislation for which was passed by the Senate on February 14. Rainmaker Information executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said the changes appear to be a fundamental design shift for MLC. "It shows MLC is serious about ...

No one-size-fits-all approach to franking changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... speaking both to the diversity of SMSF portfolios and the investment options available. Vihari Ross, Magellan's head of research said the Australian market wouldn't be immune from global economic and geopolitical risks, and as such investors ...