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Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
Out of (South) Africa Just when citizens of Planet Earth were beginning to enjoy their new-found freedom - through herd immunity, increased vaccinations and/or learning to live with Delta - comes a new kid in town. And it's name is Omicron. The discovery ...

Retirement Income Covenant hits parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
The Retirement Income Covenant's introduction to parliament yesterday has been welcomed by major industry bodies. The Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures Bill 2021 currently sits before the house, containing the ...

Saxo taps Bell Direct, IOOF talent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
Saxo Markets has made two senior appointments in its Australian team, hiring a high-profile broadcaster from Bell Direct and a national manager from IOOF. Jessica Amir has been appointed Saxo's Australian market strategist. She joins from Bell Direct ...

ClearView, Manulife to launch retirement products

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
ClearView has entered a strategic partnership with Canadian wealth firm Manulife Investment Management to launch a range of products with an immediate focus on retirement income solutions. The two firms signed a memorandum of understanding to partner ...

High-net-worth investors richer, optimistic

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
Australia's high-net-worth (HNW) investors have multiplied in size and wealth, controlling $2.77 trillion in investable assets, new research shows. New research commissioned by Praemium and carried out by Investment Trends found the total number of ...

Vanguard launches automated investing solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
Vanguard's Personal Investor platform has launched a feature that automatically invests clients' money into managed funds. Auto Invest regularly debits accounts starting from $200 either fortnightly, monthly, or quarterly, and invests the funds ...

Irongate dismisses 360 Capital bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
Irongate Group rejected another takeover attempt by 360 Capital, scrapping the latest $1.70 per share bid. Irongate (IAP) said the bid is only an increase of 3.1% on the original $1.65 per share offer made on October 18, which was rejected nine days ...

TelstraSuper releases retirement income solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
TelstraSuper has launched its version of a retirement income product that has a flexible cash allocation feature. The new Lifestyle investment options aim to generate consistent income and tax efficiencies, grow and preserve capital, and manage retirement-specific ...

Economic recap: Week to November 5

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
The rise and rise of measured inflation across the globe has had financial markets bring forward rate hike expectations, and for good reasons. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) started proceedings at its 6 October meeting when it doubled the official ...

Brian Hartzer in new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
Former Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer has taken on a new role with a technology firm. He will chair the board of Reejig, an artificial intelligence human resources technology company. Hartzer currently also serves as chair of Beforepay, a Sydney-based ...