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AFA appoints partnerships GM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has appointed a general manager of partnerships who joined from AMP. Cameron Burne joined the AFA in March and was most recently a partnership manager at AMP Financial Planning. He spent over eight years with the ...

Retail funds take out MySuper performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
Retail superannuation funds, with the exception of one industry fund, led MySuper performance for the three years to March end, according to latest Rainmaker analysis. Virgin Money Lifestage Tracker 1973-1983 returned 9.3% over three years, followed ...

AMP chair faces shareholder ire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
AMP chair Deborah Hazelton has dodged heavy-hitting questions from shareholders who demanded transparency on the firm's failure to reign in chaotic leadership changes and why they are the last to know about significant announcements. Shareholders ...

ARK Innovation ETF cops neutral rating

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
Despite delivering a stellar performance, star fund manager Catherine Wood's ARK Innovation ETF has been slapped with a neutral rating from Morningstar. Morningstar strategist Robby Greengold said personnel issues and lax risk controls could be ...

Ausbil adds to mFund lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
Ausbil Investment Management has added three funds to its mFunds offering, taking the total to 12. The manager today added Ausbil Australian SmallCap Fund (ASX: AXW13), Ausbil Global Essential Infrastructure Fund in unhedged (ASX: AXW12) and hedged ...

Nuveen drives global ESG capabilities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
Nuveen has appointed a new head of sustainability for one of its subsidiaries that works to acquire and manage agricultural real estate assets. Westchester Group Investment Management, a TIAA and Nuveen company, has appointed Cristina Hastings Newsome ...

Must prepare for demise of LIBOR: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has told financial institutions they must be prepared for the "imminent demise" of LIBOR. RBA assistant governor (financial markets) Christopher Kent said as the deadline for LIBOR is fast approaching, financial institutions ...

Chances of CBA admitting to Essential Super wrongdoing "non-existent"

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
Lawyers for Commonwealth Bank (CBA) and Colonial First State (CFS) in its ongoing case against ASIC have told the court the parties have no intention of admitting to any contraventions in relation to Essential Super and an alleged $22 million in conflicted ...

Colonial Super Retirement Fund rejigs managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
Colonial Super Retirement Fund and CMLA options have made changes including external managers for nearly 45 options. The changes are effective April 2021 and apply to 19 products available via Colonial Super Retirement Fund and other products issued ...

T. Rowe Price expands in Asia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
T. Rowe Price has expanded its research coverage with the establishment of a new office in Shanghai. The investment firm announced it opened the new research office following the establishment of a wholly foreign-owned enterprise, T. Rowe Price Investment ...