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Padua appoints head of technical advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
Rudy Haddad has been appointed to head of technical advice overseeing the firm's technical capabilities across its software, services, research and data divisions. With over 23 years' experience in financial advice, Haddad joins Padua from Wealth Market ...

Boutique takes over Mason Stevens fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
The recently launched Torica Capital has taken over as investment manager of the Mason Stevens Credit Fund. Torica Capital took over the fund last month, subsequently renaming it the Torica Absolute Return Income Fund. Mason Stevens remains the responsible ...

Investors Mutual, Vaughan Nelson partner

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
Investors Mutual partnered with Vaughan Nelson to launch a global SMID cap strategy, the first of its kind to hit the Australian market. The affiliates of Natixis Investment Managers launched the fund, which is the only actively managed global SMID ...

GDP rises but headwinds abound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... account for a return to near-trend growth with a tighter fiscal and monetary policy." National Accounts data released by the ABS showed that productivity has grown at almost twice the average rate over the past decade and that profits are increasing ...

Yarra adds market neutral fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
Yarra Capital has assumed management of a Karara Capital market neutral fund, bringing on board its portfolio manager. Yarra has taken over the Karara Market Neutral Plus Fund and rebranded it as the Yarra Market Neutral Fund. In doing so, it has welcomed ...

S&P launches agribusiness Index

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
Launched in partnership with the ASX, the S&P/ASX Agribusiness Index (ASX: XAG) includes household names such as Treasury Wine Estates, A2 Milk, Nufarm, Elders and Bega Cheese. Much like the above listed, the index comprises companies whose principal ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... matched up against some alternatives, Dunnin put forward. Rainmaker analysis revealed in the 10 years to the end of 2021, the ABS eight city house index increased only 6% pa, but in savage contrast, the Rainmaker MySuper index climbed 50% faster. Over ...

MLC Life Insurance joins forces with Insignia Financial

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
The new claims experience will provide members with greater choice in how they lodge and track their claim. It will also enable submissions to be assessed sooner. From today, MLC MasterKey and Plum Super members insured by MLC Life Insurance will be ...

RBA weighs controversial pre-election rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
Just over two weeks before the federal election, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will make a decision on interest rates which could have huge political implications. At present, underlying inflation is well above the RBA's target band and most economists ...

CPI sees greatest jump since 2000

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax in 2000. The growth, revealed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday, came in above expectations and well above the Reserve Bank's targets. It was largely driven by new dwellings, automotive ...