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Institutional mandates shrink

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
Local institutional investors appointed 313 mandates totaling $43 billion in 2020, down from $51 billion the year before, according to Rainmaker's latest Mandate Chaser report. State Street was the biggest winner in institutional mandates in 2020 ...

Vanguard Super appoints board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
Vanguard has appointed a four-person board for its forthcoming superannuation product, to be chaired by Peggy O'Neal. The board for Vanguard Super Pty Ltd will include Jeremy Duffield, Anne Flanagan and Cynthia Lui. O'Neal is a former partner at law ...

Bernie Madoff dies in prison

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
The architect of the largest Ponzi scheme in US history has died in prison aged 82. Bernie Madoff had been serving his sentence at FMC Butner, an administrative security federal medical centre for male offenders located in North Carolina, at the time ...

T.Rowe Price adds to APAC leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
The global investment manager has shifted its US-based head of internal audit to Hong Kong as APAC regional operating officer. Mike Weigand joined T.Rowe Price in 2018 and in addition to his role oversaw the firm's COVID-19 response. Weigand previously ...

Chief economist update: Strike while iron ore cools

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
The iron ore price has fallen by more than 4% over the past two weeks which, according to reports is due to concerns over further reduction cuts in Tangshan - China's top steel-producing city - under its anti-pollution plan. But akin to previous ...

Colonial First State names executive chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
Colonial First State has elected the former chair of MLC Wealth as executive chair of the company that will be established on completion of its sale to KKR. Former MLC Wealth and current Generation Development Group chair Rob Coombe has been named as ...

Fund manager COO resigns, chair named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
The chief operating officer of a real estate fund manager is departing this month as it also welcomes a new chair. Cromwell Property Group's operations chief Jodie Clark is leaving the post at the end of March. Clark has been with the company for ...

Former Wallaby departs Westpac for NAB

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
After six months as head of private wealth, north at Westpac, Phil Waugh has taken on an executive role at NAB. Waugh has been appointed as executive, broker distribution at NAB and will report to executive, home ownership Andy Kerr. Waugh spent four ...

Trading platform slapped with licence conditions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
A trading platform was slapped with additional conditions from ASIC for several compliance failures. ASIC is doubtful if retail OTC derivative issuer AxiCorp Financial Services has the appropriate procedures and internal controls to meet regulatory ...

Super for house deposits will push up prices: ASFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
Allowing Australians to use their superannuation savings to buy property will push up house prices and worsen affordability for low-income earners, says ASFA. Liberal member of parliament Tim Wilson is currently campaigning to let Australians use their ...