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Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
Australian companies paid about $820 million less in dividends in the third quarter than the corresponding period from 2017 as dividend growth at local banks flat lined. ASX-listed companies paid out US$24.5 billion ($33.5bn) to shareholders in quarter ...

Morningstar IM appoints regional chief investment officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
A former Qantas Super portfolio manager is taking on the role of Morningstar Investment Management's chief investment officer for Asia Pacific. Matt Watcher will start in the role in late January 2019, based out of Sydney. He takes over from current ...

TH Real Estate launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
The real estate manager has taken a stake in a Sydney CBD office building as it launches a new open-ended property fund to invest in Asia Pacific cities. The new fund is aimed at institutional investors. It will buy office, retail, industrial and residential ...

Cybercrime protection inadequate: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
More than half of Financial Standard readers are not confident they are adequately protected from cybercrime, the latest spot poll reveals. Fifty-four per cent of respondents said they are vulnerable to breaches, hackers and cyberattacks as they have ...

Bravura live on NZ bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
One of New Zealand's oldest banks has appointed Bravura Solutions' Sonata as the core administration platform for 500,000 retail and employer members. ASB Bank's KiwiSaver, retail and group investments business will also use Sonata. More ...

BlackRock strengthens real assets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
BlackRock has appointed a Sydney-based managing director to lead its renewable energy investments in Asia Pacific as it eyes new opportunities in the region. Charlie Reid is relocating from London for the role and will be responsible for sourcing, executing ...

Liquidnet appoints Australia head

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
The institutional trading network has appointed a new head of Australia after the former head left for Chi-x. Kate Weidenhofer will now be responsible for Liquidnet's strategic direction and its next phase of growth, the company said. She replaces ...

ETFs attracting more money than LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
Aussie investors now have more money invested in the rapidly-expanding exchange traded fund market than in long-standing listed investment companies. The ETP market has just hit $42.3 billion in funds under management - that's $60 million more than ...

BlackRock outlines ETF plans for Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Actively managed ETFs are one of the things that are off the table for BlackRock's Australian business at least for now, according to the newly-appointed iShares head Christian Obrist. Obrist spoke to Financial Standard about the opportunities that ...

State Street appoints APAC global markets lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
State Street named a new head of global markets for Asia-Pacific, relocating a long-time executive. Michelle Hardeman moves into the role effective immediately, relocating to Hong Kong from Boston where she served as head of foreign exchange sales for ...