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Remembering Ron Grima

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... The Social Adviser founder Baz Gardner wrote: "Ron Grima, you were my first BDM and the first person to take a serious interest in growing my professional career. Since 1996 you have always been there giving support and input." "You had such a big impact ...

MLC faces class action over adviser fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... not proposed that any financial advisers be sued in the class action. The action will seek recovery of the fees plus interest on behalf of affected members of the MLC Super Fund. IMF Bentham and William Roberts are inviting those who had certain MLC ...

SG Hiscock hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... investment markets will be an asset to the team," Cochran said. "More broadly, the appointment is a result of the increased interest from the market in the SGH strategies, and our sound investment performance over a sustained period of time." During ...

New Bond ETF for BetaShares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... of this year - putting flows on par with international equities ETFs. Vynokur said BetaShares has seen an increase in interest in its fixed income range as investors become increasingly wary of the late cycle bull market in equities. "The strong flows ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
Sovereign investment portfolios around the world have gone back to holding the largest chunks of their assets in fixed income after concerns about volatility in equities markets, says Invesco. Globally, sovereign investors increased their fixed income ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... labour market. Sure, it was great news for the US economy but... it also eased growing expectations the Fed would cut interest rates by 50 bps from the current 2.25%-2.5% as early as its July FOMC meeting to just a 25bps reduction. The Reserve Bank of ...

Asset manager bolsters distribution team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... specialist investment house tapped a Janus Henderson director of sales as its new distribution head. Specialist fixed interest investment manager Bentham Asset Management appointed David Livera as its director of distribution in an effort to bolster ...

Industry funds surge ahead in satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
Industry funds have widened their lead over retail funds in how satisfied their members are with their fund's financial performance over the last 12 months, according to latest Roy Morgan research. In May last year, 62% of industry fund members said ...

Super fund appoints investment lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... investments in industries such as weapons manufacturing, alcohol production and sales, tobacco, gambling, pornography and interest-earning financial institutions, such as banks. "We offer an attractive alternative based on socially responsible investing ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... the odds for a Fed rate cut this month. The CME FedWatch Tool puts the probability that the US central bank will cut interest rates by 25 bps to 2%-2.25% at the conclusion of its July FOMC meeting at 95.1%. This is backed-up by the Fed's semi-annual ...