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MLC MySuper switches to lifestage

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
MLC is switching its default superannuation product from single strategy to lifestage. It's also increasing its allocation to growth assets. MLC MySuper currently has a 70% allocation to growth assets like stocks, property and infrastructure and ...

Arming human traders for big-ticket trades

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
A new trading software is aiming to make life easier for asset managers trading large chunks of Australian equities, ETFs or futures. Liquidnet's new software, called Discovery, aims to give human traders the same level of analytics as accessible to ...

MGP chief executive departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
Managed Accounts Holdings announced its chief executive will leave on "mutual" terms. David Heather will exit the MGP Group on 10 May 2019 after four years in the top job. MGP said in a statement that Heather "leaves by mutual agreement as the company ...

Sequoia chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
Sequoia Financial Group's chief executive and managing director Scott Beeton is bidding farewell after nine years with the company. Beeton has also resigned as a director of the group effective February 4. In November 2018, Beeton flagged he would transition ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
As the Reserve Bank of Australia holds the cash rate at 1.5%, economic conversations are moving from a rise to a cut. AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver earlier this month said the RBA could cut to 1% by the end of 2019, with the first rate cut ...

No-deal Brexit prolongs market uncertainty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
The landslide defeat of Prime Minister Theresa May's UK divorce deal overnight hasn't rattled the global share markets, but investment experts remain cautious. The House of Commons rejected May's proposed exit strategy by an overwhelming ...

Andrew Boal departs Willis Towers Watson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
After about 30 years at Willis Towers Watson, Andrew Boal has left the business and his successor has been named. Willis Towers Watson said Boal decided to leave the business, with Australasian operations now being streamlined to better align with the ...

AustralianSuper members exposed to security breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
The accounts of about 11,000 AustralianSuper members have been the target of a security breach. Australia's largest superannuation fund, with about 2.2 million members, said it has detected the "unauthorised access," which occurred earlier this ...

Where UniSuper sees market opportunities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 DEC 2018
UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce spoke to Financial Standard earlier this month about market opportunities, building the fund's in-house investment team and CIPRs. Pearce said the fund doesn't particularly see a need to pull back ...

Putting a price tag on clean investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Pension funds and asset managers are among those who could create $20 trillion in new wealth if the world economy transitions to zero carbon and zero waste policies, according to new research. Professor Martina Linnenluecke, who leads Macquarie University's ...