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Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Three separate financial services dispute resolution services will be combined and replaced by a 'one-stop-shop' to establish a simpler, more accessible and more affordable process for consumers. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) ...

Major banks receive Budget shakeup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The major banks will be slugged $6.2 billion via a new levy to level the playing field for the banking sector. "This represents a fair additional contribution from our major banks and will assist with budget repair by at least $1.5 billion per year," ...

Fund managers on fixed income recruitment drive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Both AMP Capital and Vanguard are ramping fixed income capabilities with new hires and job listings. On April 26, Andrea Jaehne joined AMP Capital as senior credit analyst, financials. She reports to acting head of credit Steven Hur, and will focus ...

Challenger recruits CBA research manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
Challenger has appointed a new national key account manager. Shane Brereton joins Challenger from Commonwealth Bank, where he was senior manager research. Prior to that, he was a senior research analyst at CBA. He was also a business analyst and research ...

AllianceBernstein sees global leadership shake-up

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
AllianceBernstein abruptly overhauled its global leadership team, replacing its chief executive and appointing three new directors. Parent company AXA Financial terminated chief executive Peter Kraus and appointed Seth Bernstein as president and chief ...

Super fund private equity demand growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Superannuation funds are shunning traditional asset classes and increasingly turning to private equity opportunities, the latest key market insights from law firm MinterEllison show. In the last 12 months superannuation funds have ramped investment ...

Aussie investors push tobacco exclusions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
A global active fund manager says Australia is at the forefront of the shift towards ex-tobacco investment portfolios. Vontobel Asset Management global equities portfolio manager Ramiz Chelat said majority of the firm's assets in Australian mandates ...

ETFs attracting insto appetites: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
New research from VanEck suggests Australian institutional investors will likely be ramping up their allocations to exchange-traded funds. More than half (55%) of institutions surveyed currently use ETFs; 56% indicated they would be increasing this ...

AMP Capital overhauls ESG investment strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
AMP Capital is introducing an ethical investment framework that will divest about $570 million in 'dangerous' or unethical investments across its entire portfolio. The company is ramping its commitment to responsible investing, and applying its new ...

Value investors facing short-term headwinds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
Value investors are facing a number of challenges in the short-term, particularly during reporting season where they have to be more discerning about the quality of earnings reported. Perennial Value Management managing director John Murray said stocks ...