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Portfolio manager resigns from First State Investments

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
An experienced portfolio manager has resigned from Stewart Investors, an equities division First State Investments. Ashish Swarup was the lead manager for the Stewart Investors Global Emerging Markets Leaders strategy for its UK, Ireland and Singapore ...

Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
A new report produced by the Responsible Investment Association of Australia (RIAA) along with the University of Auckland and AMP Capital has revealed how difficult it is for fund managers to actually measure the influence of impact investments. The ...

Chief economist update: The greatest central banker of modern times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
"Patience is a virtue." We've heard, read and seen this quote many, many times. This is a quote that's so easy to say but difficult to apply - more so if you're the head of one of the world's biggest central banks, presiding over a fast ...

MLC Wealth finalises leadership, rebrands NAB Asset Management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
MLC Wealth has appointed three to its asset management leadership team. At the same time, NAB Asset Management has been formally rebranded. From today, NAB Asset Management will be known as MLC Asset Management. "Based on a fundamental belief in diversification ...

Former Deutsche director joins EQT

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
Equity Trustees hired a former Deutsche institutional sales director as an investment specialist. Grant Mundell joined the firm earlier this month as an investment specialist in its asset management team, with a remit to work closely with its philanthropy ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Forty percent of single women are estimated to retire in poverty, but Treasury think increasing the superannuation guarantee won't do much for women's lower superannuation balances. February documents released by the Treasury under freedom of information ...

Put risk on the super comparison table: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
As APRA prepares its traffic light rating system for super funds, AMP's head of wealth warns risk needs to be on the table to ensure consumers compare apples with apples. Chief executive of AMP's Australian wealth management division Alex Wade ...

Climate change to damage returns: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
A report released by the Actuaries Institute determines superannuation balances for millennials may reduce up to 18% due to the negative effects climate change has on long-term returns. The report written by Ramona Meyricke and Rafal Chomik, states ...

Rainmaker Group expands into ESG media, acquires The Sustainability Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
Financial services information publishing company Rainmaker Group, publisher of Financial Standard, announced the acquisition of sustainable investment specialist publications The Sustainability Report and Audacious Investing. Following the purchase ...

Results of ASIC MDA review imminent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
The Institute of Managed Accounts Professionals (IMAP) has released its submission to ASIC as the regulator reviews managed accounts, with a special focus on managed discretionary accounts (MDAs). This comes ahead of the results of ASIC's review of ...