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DWS sales director departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
The global manager has confirmed its director of sales, asset management will leave the business. Alex Francois, director of sales, asset management for Australia and New Zealand at DWS will leave the role after almost two years, a spokesperson has ...

Paradice portfolio manager departs, US office closed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
David Paradice's equities boutique is closing its San Francisco office and bidding farewell to a co-portfolio manager after a restructure of its global small caps team. The $5 billion Paradice Global Small Cap Fund was managed by investors across Sydney ...

Chief economist update: Economy slows to decade low but still tops the pops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
There were no back-patting and self-congratulatory remarks this time from Australia's Prime Minister and Treasurer for the Australian National Accounts show that it wasn't a "wonderful set of numbers". Instead, with economic growth slowing to ...

CFSGAM subsidiary names investments lead

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
A Colonial First State Global Asset Management-owned equity fund manager has named its new head of investments. Former RF Capital chief investment officer David Walsh has been named head of investments at Realindex. Bringing over 20 years' experience ...

Chief economist update: The fear of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
"Pompa mortis magis terret quam mors ipsa." Translated into the quotee Francis Bacon's - English philosopher, statesman and essayist - mother tongue, "The pomp of death alarms us more than death itself." Yes Virginia, you know where I'm going ...

MLC Wealth hunts new talent

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
MLC Wealth is looking to fill four general manager roles to lead its restructured financial advice business. A spokesperson for NAB has confirmed the group is looking to appoint four new general managers; one for Godfrey Pembroke, another for the white ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... mounting uncertainties have pushed investors into safe haven assets such as longer-term bonds and currencies like the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen. Ahh yes, the Japanese yen - except for its mini-me trade war with South Korea, where both countries ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... bonds (despite their low, and in some, negative yields); the US dollar is up but safehaven currencies such as the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen are upper; gold's in, copper is out. Even central banks are busily preparing for the "R" contingency. ...

MLC transforms advice business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
MLC Wealth is restructuring its financial advice business, including consolidating its aligned dealer groups down to two. MLC Wealth chief executive Geoff Lloyd today announced he is making major changes to its financial advice business ahead of separating ...

Advisers to bear brunt of AMP failings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
AMP advisers planning to exercise their Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) arrangements look set to have their business valuations slashed as part of the institution's new strategy. AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari said the group will look to recalculate ...