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Ellerston rejigs Aussie market neutral fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
Ellerston Capital is changing its Australian Market Neutral strategy, as the portfolio manager changes. The old fund, which was managed by Paul Drzewucki, held 50 to 100 positions with net equity exposure staying within -25% and 25%. It used a relative ...

GROW wins new super fund client

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... At end of 2019, its then chief executive Josh Wilson said GROW was looking to divest its superannuation fund business to focus on the admin platform. In February 2020, Grow signed Gig Super as the first client for its admin platform. A few months later ...

LGIAsuper to rebrand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... test brand names and brand values across the three funds now," Farrar said. "We want something that reflects the Queensland focus that we have, the community feel, the corporate feel." Recently, First State Super rebranded to Aware Super after merging ...

AWS swaps to boutique licensee

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
Australian Wealth Solutions has bowed out of its licence with Garvan Financial Planning after it folded into IOOF and moved across to ASVW Financial Services. AWS attributed the move as part of its long-term strategy to address the needs of clients ...

Teachers Mutual launches neobank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
Australia's largest mutual bank has launched a digital bank to meet the needs of essential workers and appointed a chief digital bank officer. Hiver has been created for essential workers in education, emergency services and healthcare sectors and combines ...

Fidante readies new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... partners include Aphinity Investment Management, Avenir Capital and recent addition Impax Asset Management which has an ESG focus. Fidante had $71.8 billion in asset under management at December end ($91.2 billion if CIP Asset Management is included) ...

Advisers turn to ETFs during COVID

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
Financial advisers' appetite for exchange-traded funds has more than doubled since the global pandemic hit as new trading data shows that index funds are providing better means of diversification. AUSIEX research found that before COVID-19, one ...

Rest appoints Aussie equities head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
The industry superannuation fund has hired from Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund as it continues its hiring spree for the internal investment team. Chris Drew has been named as head of Australian equities, overseeing the asset ...

Catholic, Equip SFT to see Fairley exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... funds, no question... I think with the Your Super, Your Future legislation passing, there's going to be a much greater focus on this. The letter you have to write to members after two years of underperformance is pretty condemnatory of your stewardship ...

Lifespan appoints investment expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... advantage of new investment opportunities. Clients will also take an increased interest in understanding their investments. A focus on client education will be essential," he said. Long said: "One of the reasons I was attracted to Lifespan is that it ...