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Warakirri launches retail funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
Melbourne's Warakirri Asset Management has launched new retail funds from its freshly-minted partnership with Northcape Capital. Warakirri is launching a new global emerging markets fund that invests in 20-40 stocks. It is managed by Northcape, whose ...

Magellan readies lower-cost funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
Magellan is readying a new low-cost lineup of its strategies for retail investors, as it reports 5% higher net profit after tax of $395.2 million for FY20. The Magellan Core series will kick off as open-ended funds on Chi-X (so far its ETFs use ASX ...

IOOF, LUCRF Super on ERS workload

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
IOOF and LUCRF Super have revealed that the government's early release of super program was one of the most challenging elements of the COVID-19 pandemic to adapt to. IOOF head of fund statutory reporting Paul Tsironis said that ERS resulted in a huge ...

Yarra Capital adds to distribution team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
Yarra Capital Management announced a new research and investment consultant manager has joined its distribution team. The firm said Tracy Brown will take the position effective immediately, bringing over 20 years' experience in the financial services ...

Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
Emerging-market (EM) debt rebounded strongly in the second quarter across hard currency sovereign and corporate credit as well as local-currency debt, according to Eaton Vance. Eaton Vance institutional portfolio manager director and alternative and ...

Chief economist update: Forecasting is futile

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
Be afraid... The National Australia Bank's (NAB) business confidence index dropped to a reading of -14 in July from zero in the previous month. "Confidence fell in all industries led by mining which saw a sharp decline. With the exception of retail ...

Global manager launches China A-shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
Ninety One, formerly known as Investec Asset Management, is touting a new China A-shares fund to local institutional and wholesale investors. Its China A-shares fund holds a portfolio of 30-50 stocks, with at least two thirds of the assets in mainland ...

PAN-Tribal signs distribution deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
The funds management distribution house has signed an exclusive agreement to tout an infrastructure manager in the Australian wholesale market. ATLAS Infrastructure will now be distributed in the segment by PAN-Tribal. The firm was founded in 2017 with ...

Cbus adds to leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
The $54 billion fund has hired Natalie Hannemann as head of service, member and employer experience, commencing in September. Hannemann joins from World Vision where she spent the last eight years in a number of roles including most recently chief ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called on the government to implement a two-year trial of a scalable advice model, in a bid to increase access to affordable advice to Australians at a time when they need it most. The COVID-19 crisis has seen ...