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Church threatens to dump $21bn of fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
One of the UK's largest charity fund managers has voted to sell $21 billion worth of investments in fossil fuels if the companies don't align to climate change goals by 2023. The Church of England's parliament voted 347 to four in favour ...

Mirae Asset Management hires distribution head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
The $171 billion global asset manager has hired a local distribution head to grow its Asian equities offerings in the Australian market. Joining Mirae Asset Management is Don Gunawan as its head of wholesale and retail distribution. In his most recent ...

Frontier names head of real assets arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Frontier Advisors appointed an investment banker to lead its real assets division. Isabelle Demir joins Frontier Advisors as head of real assets on July 30. The asset consultant has about $300 billion under advice. Demir will work closely with property ...

Sovereign investors change tack: Invesco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
Equities have overtaken bonds in the portfolios of sovereign wealth investors, according to Invesco which interviewed 126 central bank and sovereign wealth managers. Asia Pacific sovereign wealth investors are eyeing alternative investments and picking ...

Managed accounts expert expands new platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
A former Mason Stevens executive is joining a fintech that's offering investment and managed accounts solutions, as well as a new superannuation product. Spitfire Corporation appointed David Storm as its head of distribution, tasked with the sales ...

Robo-advice users in for the long haul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
Young people are increasingly turning to robo-advice services for long-term goals like growing wealth outside of superannuation and saving for retirement, according to Six Park. Insights from the automated investment platform show 36.5% of its users ...

EM bonds attractive despite pullback: Eaton Vance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
The long-term case for emerging markets in bond portfolios is still strong, even though investors have pulled out billions in recent weeks, according to Eaton Vance. Investor sentiment on emerging markets swung negative in recent weeks on concerns over ...

Raiz close to super product launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
Micro-investing platform Raiz has completed the beta testing phase of its superannuation product, which boasts charging some of the lowest fees in the market for balances of $50,000. After announcing plans for its super product in March, Raiz Invest ...

AMP sales director retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
AMP's director of sales has retired after seven years in the role, following the recent restructure of the institution's sales team. Barry Wyatt left AMP in May, having served as sales director since the merger of AMP and AXA Asia Pacific in 2011. He ...

Wealth manager appoints private wealth lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
A diversified financial services and legal firm appointed a former HSBC head of wealth management to lead its private wealth business. Sydney-based Aura Group is welcoming Andrew Coloretti to the role of executive director, private wealth. Bringing ...