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Industry fund reshuffles leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... now, being promoted from his position as executive manager, operational risk and compliance. Theng was previously digital channel manager at Tyro Payments and senior manager, wealth risk management at Commonwealth Bank. Earlier in his career, Theng spent ...

Frydenberg amends Corporations Act

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced changes to the Corporations Act, in a bid to relieve Australia's public companies from financial stress over the coming months. The changes, enacted from May 5, allow companies to hold virtual Annual General Meetings ...

Northern Trust takes report centre to the cloud

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... providing valuable asset servicing solutions. "We are making significant capital investments to provide seamless, omni-channel delivery for our clients. The report center is a huge component of that," O'Malley said.

Pendal appoints new head of HNW distribution

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... four years. ln his new role, Hopperton will look after Pendal Group's sales and relationship management for the HNW channel, including family offices. He started on April 20. Lee has about 20 years of experience, including, seven at Macquarie Group ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
COVID-19 shut downs and volatility are not holding back a Sydney-based boutique's plans to launch a new fund. Contact Asset Management tested its new small/mid cap fund via a paper portfolio for 18 months, before hitting launch in mid-March. The ...

Challenger winds up boutique partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... into equities as superannuation funds and other institutional investors rebalanced. On annuity sales, Howes said adviser channel disruption since the Royal Commission had showed some signs of improvement before the pandemic hit. "There's no doubt that ...

HUB24 net inflows up 72%

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Despite global markets crashing in March, HUB24 continued to experience strong net inflows in the quarter of $1.4 billion, with gross inflows of $1.8 billion. The specialist platform said these inflows had been driven by support from its large national ...

How wealth management must respond to COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
Global consulting firm McKinsey & Company has issued a new report on how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact wealth management in the Asia Pacific region, including what might happen if the virus continues to spread. "Past epidemic crises have had sharp ...

Pendal reports $3.9bn in outflows, slips below $100 bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... mandates primarily from our institutional clients where there has been some reweighting of portfolios. Flows in our wholesale channel have held steady [$400 million in outflows for Australian wholesale business]. Our investment strategies with defensive ...

Consumers looking for reassurance: MetLife

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... investment options and easy options for contacting their fund managers. "Providing regular communications across a variety of channel options, transparent information on COVID-19-related topics and the reassurance of a long-term investment view are all ...