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Active fund managers historically underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
A staggering majority of actively managed Australian equity funds are underperforming in the short term and across every time horizon, the latest SPIVA Scorecard reveals. Nearly 79% of active fund managers focused on Aussie equities underperformed the ...

Australian Ethical adds to leadership team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
Australian Ethical has welcomed new additions to its leadership team, including chief investment officer Ludovic Theau. Theau's appointment will come into effect on April 3. The former chief investment officer of the $30 billion Clean Energy Finance ...

HSBC bails out Silicon Valley Bank UK

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
HSBC has leapt to the rescue and purchased the embattled Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) UK arm for a total sum of £1. The banking giant yesterday announced its UK ring-fenced subsidiary, HSBC UK Bank, would make the purchase, which excluded the assets ...

Residential mortgages will defy headwinds: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
The residential mortgage sector will withstand the current headwinds driven by rapidly rising interest rates and cost of living pressures, a new study finds. According to Foresight Analytics, there are three key factors that will mitigate the risks ...

Hearts & Minds appoints chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
The former head of fundamental Australian active equities at BlackRock will take over as chief investment officer of Hearts & Minds. The listed investment company, known as HM1, has appointed Charlie Lanchester to the role, effective April 12. "We are ...

abrdn loses global chief economist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
Jeremy Lawson has resigned as global chief economist for abrdn, opting to return to Australia. Lawson has served in the role for 10 years, first appointed in March 2013. In 2018, he took on the additional responsibility of leading the group's research ...

Bravura's acting chief financial officer steps down

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2023
Harmen Fredrikze has resigned from the role after three months to pursue other opportunities. Fredrikze started at Bravura Solutions in 2014 as its group controller and guided the company through its initial public offering in 2016. After almost a decade ...

TAL offloads dealer group to CountPlus

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
ASX-listed firm CountPlus will acquire 75 financial advice practices that once belonged to TAL. CountPlus will pay $3.373 million for Affinia Financial Advisers and have about 400 advisers and $16.8 billion in funds under advice once the deal completes. ...

APRA preserves life insurance prudential standards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
APRA will maintain four life insurance prudential standards following a brief consultation period. The prudential regulator flagged it was relatively satisfied with four prudential standards - Prudential Standard LPS 100 Solvency Standard; Prudential ...

First Super awards ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
First Super has appointed IFM Investors to manage a new indexed international equities strategy with a focus on governance and labour rights. The new strategy is designed to provide exposure to a diversified portfolio of global (ex-Australia) publicly ...