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Mason Stevens appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
After 11 years in the role, Vincent Hua has retired as chief executive and chief investment officer of Mason Stevens, with a new chief executive named and an interim investment lead appointed. Managing director and co-head of distribution Tim Yule has ...

How to invest in China: Capital Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
China's slowing economy may have investors on edge as we ease into 2022, but there's still plenty of opportunities - so long as you know where to look, Capital Group says. Providing an investment outlook for 2022, Capital Group said investors must do ...

WAM ups PAF takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
WAM Capital has upped its takeover bid for PM Capital's Asian equities strategy, which the latter flags it will accept. WAM said the $1.149 per share offer for every PM Capital Asian Opportunities Fund (PAF) share is "compelling" and represents a 3.5% ...

Aussie investors retain home bias: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
Australian investors remain bullish on domestic equities, with more than a third expecting them to generate the greatest yields in 2022, new research show. The latest report from Investment Trends highlights a relatively optimistic outlook from investors ...

Retail super fund to be wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
A retail superannuation fund offered to customers of several small players in Australia's banking sector will close in March. Credit Union Building Societies Superannuation, known as CUBS Superannuation, is a retail offering overseen by Equity Trustees ...

Foresters Financial appoints chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JAN 2022
A former Australian Unity executive has taken on the reins at Foresters Financial as chief executive. In December, Emma Sakellaris was appointed chief executive of Foresters Financial, a provider of investment, funeral and insurance products with $390 ...

Midwinter hires advice sales lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JAN 2022
Midwinter has appointed a new head of advice sales this month, who spent nearly a decade at Challenger. Stacey Cowan finished up as the state manager for New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory at Challenger in December to join Bravura's ...

Sequoia Financial Group acquires legal practice

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JAN 2022
Sequoia Financial Group (Sequoia) has announced the acquisition of the incorporated legal practice previously known as Topdocs Legal (TDL), now renamed Docscentre Legal (DCL). Boosting its professional services division, Sequoia has paid $330,000 for ...

One million visits to YourSuper comparison tool

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JAN 2022
Minister for superannuation Jane Hume has lauded the government's YourSuper comparison tool as a success, with one million visits. "Australians are taking charge of their own super like never before thanks to reforms passed by the Morrison government," ...

QSuper bets on US recovery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
QSuper, which will rebrand to Australian Retirement Trust upon its $230 billion merger with Sunsuper, has announced a series of investments in the US economic recovery. The fund said it has invested around $1 billion in US transport and industrial assets ...