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Rest appoints interim co-chief investment officers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
Rest has promoted two of its senior investment leaders to serve as co-chief investment officers. The fund's head of private markets and deputy chief investment officer Simon Esposito, and head of listed assets Kiran Singh, will assume the role on an ...

Franklin Templeton boosts sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
Franklin Templeton has added Cooper Investors' head of intermediary distribution Rebecca Morgan to its sales team. Felicity Walsh, managing director of Franklin Templeton Australia and NZ, confirmed that Morgan has joined the global asset manager ...

EBC expands local offerings to HNWIs, instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
UK wealth management and brokerage firm EBC Financial Group (EBC) has scored a new AFS Licence (AFSL) and is ready to take on institutional investors and Australia's growing high-net-worth population. London-based EBC provides financial brokerage, asset ...

Liberal MPs slammed for 'dangerous' super policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... Kowalczyk said there are glaring inequities that could be resolved by legislators quickly. "The stroke of a pen could finally fix the fact that across the country part-time nannies, housekeepers and domestic workers are missing out on super. This is ...

ETF winners and losers in September

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
VanEck has revealed last month's best and worst performing exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as the industry hits $220 billion. The highest returns came from the VanEck China New Economy ETF, which climbed 21.4%, followed by the iShares China Large-Cap ...

AustralianSuper updates deceased members' investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
AustralianSuper has changed the way it invests deceased members' funds and refreshed the investment objectives for two options. As of October 1, AustralianSuper is moving account balances to the cash option after it is notified of a deceased member's ...

Market has priced in 'too many' rate cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
Investors are betting on several interest rate cuts from the US Federal Reserve before the year comes to a close. T. Rowe Price head of investment grade and portfolio manager in the fixed income division Steve Boothe said the market is pricing in several ...

Managed account FUM passes $200bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
The amount of money held in managed accounts surpassed $205 billion in the first half of the year. According to the FUM Census of Managed Accounts, compiled by the Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) and Milliman, in the six months to ...

'Challenging period' for active managers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
The S&P Dow Jones SPIVA Global Scorecard has revealed another tough year for active management in 2024. Initially covering just US-domiciled funds, nine regional year-end scorecards now cover active performance in funds operating in markets in Australia ...

Vision Super refreshes premium rates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
Vision Super is reducing premiums for a range of insurance products for its Super Saver, Personal, and Australian Services Union members. Vision Super and insurance partner MLC will decrease premiums for death, total and permanent incapacity (TPD) ...