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Perpetual talent departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
Perpetual Private has lost its head of multi manager, who has been with the firm for more than 17 years, and a research analyst. Theo Sofios departed last Thursday, a spokesperson for Perpetual confirmed. Sofios had been with Perpetual for 17 years ...

State Street targets insurance outsourcing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
State Street has partnered with a Danish company to provide an outsourcing solution to insurance firms in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. SimCorp, which provides investment management software solutions, will provide its cloud-based, multi-asset ...

Transition away from LIBOR continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
ASIC, APRA and the RBA have joined forces in the transition away from LIBOR, which is expected to cease at the end of 2021. Last week, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) announced that it will launch the 2020 IBOR Fallbacks Protocol ...

Release the Retirement Income Review: Labor

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
Labor MP Stephen Jones has joined ASFA and the Business Council of Australia in demanding the government release the long-awaited Retirement Income Review ahead of more changes to super. Jones, who was speaking at an online event for ASFA, criticised ...

State Super appoints academic oversight body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
State Super has appointed an independent academic oversight body for its investment data science program. The fund said the use of data science is growing, though using insights from more complex machine learning based models requires a strong governance ...

OneVue encourages Iress takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The OneVue board has encouraged shareholders to vote in favour of the takeover proposal put forward by Iress after another shareholder started a campaign against the scheme. In a letter, the OneVue board said it has become aware of recent media coverage ...

Class launches new product

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
Self-managed super fund administration and software provider Class has launched an accounting and administration product for the growing number of discretionary and unit trusts. Class Trust is said to make the administration process easier for financial ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut the foreign exchange risk reserve ratio for forward contracts to 0% from 20% over the weekend, effectively giving its blessing to currency traders to "get shorty". The PBOC imposed the 20% risk reserve ratio ...

Stanford Brown adds partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
Stanford Brown has welcomed a new partner and financial adviser to the firm shortly after it named a new chief executive. Nicky Boustred has joined as a private wealth adviser and shareholder, after running Nixon Boustred Advisory, a financial planning ...

FSC encourages investment team diversity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has launched a new fund manager resource and guidance note to help improve gender balance in investment management teams. The report, called Guidance Note 38 - Diversity focuses on practical measures that workplaces ...