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MetLife appoints KPMG super director

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
A director of superannuation advisory at KPMG is set to join MetLife in a newly created role. Wendy Tse will join MetLife in April as chief of staff and external affairs. She will advise MetLife's clients on regulatory and government affairs, as well ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The S&P/ASX 200 Index has broken the 7000 mark following news of Trump and China finally signing a trade deal, but analysts remain wary of the new record high. The Index gained 47 points on Thursday to finish at 7041.8, setting a new record high for ...

Shareholder activism on the rise

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
Shareholders are demanding changemore than ever before. That is, according to financial advisory and asset management firm Lazard, and its 2019 review of shareholder activism. The report found that 147 investors launched new campaigns against companies ...

Investment boutique makes PIMCO hire

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
A boutique fixed income investment manager has announced the appointment of a former PIMCO leader to its investment team. Dr. Laura Ryan has nabbed the newly created role of head of research at Ardea Investment Management, tasked with building a new ...

Climate crisis tops list of risks for 2020s

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
For the first time, climate crisis and environmental degradation have taken out the top five spots in a list ranking the risks most likely to impact the world over the coming decade. It comes as extreme weather events batter the world; with fires burning ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
BlackRock will double its ESG ETF offerings, dump investments in thermal coal and increase sustainable assets under management tenfold this decade. All this, just six months after it was revealed that BlackRock lost more than $133 billion by investing ...

JPMorgan Chase reports record profits

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
Global financial powerhouse JPMorgan Chase & Co has beat analyst expectations, seeing its most successful year on record. The investment bank raked in $52.8 billion (US$36.4 billion) in the fourth quarter in net income, up 12% from the previous year. ...

VanEck launches new income product

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
VanEck has launched a new model portfolio, set on generating income of at least 2% more per annum than the consumer price index. The ETF provider has drawn on research house Lonsec's portfolio construction expertise to strategically allocate assets ...

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
More young Aussies are turning to their parents, the appropriately dubbed 'Bank of Mum and Dad', to help secure equity for a first home deposit, and financial advisers are split on the growing trend. For some, the lucky few, the money for the ...

Property manager appoints portfolio manager

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
A specialist healthcare property fund manager has announced a new addition to its asset management team. Centuria Heathley has appointed Rod Owen-Jones as portfolio manager, set to overlook its growing healthcare portfolio. Owen-Jones joins Centuria ...