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Acorns Australia restructures after $150m milestone

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
The ownership behind the Australian arm of micro-investment savings app Acorns is changing from its original joint venture structure, with the original US developer Acorns Grow now holding a minority interest in the company. Acorns Grow Australia is ...

Chief economist update: The spook on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
Uh-oh. This shouldn't be happening! No, no, no. Only a few days after Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee went public and declared the stock market in a "parabolic rise" - a bullish signal for the remainder of the year and which has failed ...

VanEck rejigs Australian leadership for APAC expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
VanEck's Australian arm announced a raft of expanded roles, including the promotion of its managing director. As part of an initiative to strengthen the delivery of VanEck's solutions in Asia, several Australian team members will take on leadership ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
"Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right." -- The Beatles Wall Street again went on a record breaking run last week with the S&P 500, the DJIA, the Nasdaq Composite and the Russell 2000 all finishing at all-time highs... and for good reasons. Growth ...

Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
"I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world..." -- Louis Armstrong Yes Virginia, if the strong performance of most major equity markets around the world is any indication, 2018 will ...

Financial Standard's top stories of 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
What were Financial Standard subscribers reading in 2017? Check out the most click-worthy stories of this year. The biggest stories of 2017 spanned new super funds, major strategic partnerships, landmark ASIC investigations, long-serving industry executives ...

Australian Unity chair joins NAB

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
NAB is welcoming a new a member to the board of its superannuation fund trustee NULIS Nominees. Australian Unity chair Peter Promnitz has been appointed as a non-executive director, joining the board responsible for the MLC Super Fund and products such ...

Russell wins consulting mandate from $700m super fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
A super fund has transferred $700 million in assets to Russell Investments' implemented investment consulting service. NESS Super, which represents over 14,500 NSW-based employees in the electrical contracting, communication and associated industries ...

Elders enables greater access to advice in central NSW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
Two financial planners in New South Wales' central west are joining forces to launch a new financial advice business. Claire Russell, formerly of Ausure, will partner with Siebury adviser Geoff Siegert to launch Central West Financial Planning in Bathurst ...

Parametric appoints product manager from Willis Towers Watson

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
Industry consultant Parametric has appointed a new product manager. Sheela Veerappan joins Parametric from Willis Towers Watson, where she was an investment consultant. Prior to that, she was a senior research analyst at the Investment Innovation Institute ...