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Former Westpac chief executive in new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Former Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer has joined an investment advisory founded last year. In his new role, he is working as a senior adviser to Melbourne-based Sayers which launched last year. "We're assembling a team of the brightest minds ...

Budget to boost home ownership rates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Ahead of tomorrow's federal budget, the government announced a raft of measures aimed at increasing home ownership levels, including the expansion of the First Home Super Saver Scheme. The government is increasing the maximum amount of voluntary contributions ...

Sunsuper raises ICR by 19bps

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Sunsuper is raising the indirect cost ratio for its Balanced option by 19bps, attributing it to better performance since COVID-19. Sunsuper's balanced option currently charged ICR of 40bps per year, which totals $200 for every $50,000 invested. ...

Pengana appoints manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Pengana has appointed US manager Harding Loevner to manage $435 million of assets in its listed and unlisted International Fund. Harding Loevner will also manage both the LIC Pengana International Equities Limited (ASX: PIA) and the unlisted vehicle ...

Pendal to acquire US firm, profit climbs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
Pendal Group has announced its plans to acquire US-based investment firm Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley (TSW) as profit rose 8%, according to its half-year results. Pendal will purchase TSW for US$320 million ($414 million) which represents 7.6x the first ...

Canadian pension giant, real estate manager in JV

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
A major Canadian pension investment manager has entered a joint venture with a UK real estate investment firm to develop a logistics portfolio valued at close to $2 billion. Together, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) and ...

Macquarie posts $3bn profit, makes hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
Macquarie Group recorded a 106% increase in statutory profit to $3 billion from the first half of the year in its full-year results and named the chief executive of Macquarie Asia. The ASX-listed group's profit was a 10% increase on FY20 and 68% ...

Chief economist update: Did the BOE just announce taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
This month the Bank of England's (BOE) monetary policy committee decided to keep the existing stance of monetary policy unchanged; the Bank Rate remains at a record low 0.1% and QE at £895 billion. But buried in the "Monetary Policy Summary and ...

Schroders launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
Schroders has launched a new Chinese equities fund for Australian investors. The Schroder All China Equity Opportunities Fund is actively managed and will invest in China A-Shares, Chinese and Hong Kong listed companies and US-listed ADRs. It's a fundamental ...

Research aims to solve cash conundrum

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
With record-low interest rates set to stay in place for some time, Allianz Retire+ has released new research looking at how best to solve the cash conundrum. Term deposit rates have fallen 96% since the Global Financial Crisis high of 8.25% and now ...