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Former adviser cops 10-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
A former financial adviser has been jailed for 10 years for using more than $6 million in client funds for his own purposes. Gabriel Nakhl was found guilty of engaging in dishonest conduct and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment by the District ...

Channel Capital head of retail departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... US-based strategy in Australia. It has raised $160 million across a listed investment company and an exchange traded managed fund, and is soon to launch an unlisted trust. "Leeshen's got deep relationships in the intermediary market and he has had ...

MSCI ups China A-shares, managers respond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
MSCI said it will increase weighting of China A-shares in its indices from 5% to 20% by the end of this year. Here's what managers think. Mainland Chinese shares could rise: VanEck VanEck believes the inclusion could hoist mainland Chinese shares ...

Rainmaker welcomes new head of superannuation research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
Rainmaker Group recently hired a former senior product manager at Colonial First State as its new head of superannuation research. Joining Rainmaker last month, Jason Ross will help the business build its superannuation research and expand it into new ...

Scholarships open for women in finance and superannuation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... scholarships went to Natalie Kalouche, head of legal and compliance at Local Government Super; Miriam Herold, head of managed fund research at IOOF; Amy Teh, national manager, strategy and implementation at Colonial First State and Jayne Ker, executive ...

Trust deficit boosts Australian Ethical membership, FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
The demand for sustainable and ethical products has helped boost Australian Ethical's inflows and superannuation fund membership in the six months to December 2018. The fund manager and superannuation provider recorded positive net flows of $147.8 ...

InvestSense hires head of adviser solutions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
InvestSense recently appointed the former head of distribution at Russell Investments as the director and head of adviser solutions. Paul Carrington spent 13 years at Russell Investments and prior to that worked as a financial adviser at Carrington ...

Centuria Life launches new bond offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... products, anticipating a resurgent popularity in investment bonds. Centuria LifeGoals will comprise 22 professionally managed fund options, including sector, diversified and index funds. Asset classes covered by the funds include fixed interest, cash ...

ACSA creates managed fund taskforce

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
The Australian Custodial Services Association will facilitate an industry taskforce to help address what it deems "systemic" obstacles in servicing managed funds and encourage more standards and automation in the local market. ACSA said that in surveying ...

Asia Funds Passport takes flight

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
The Financial Services Council is calling for an overhaul of the tax system to secure the future of the Asia Region Funds Passport, which began operation on Friday. The Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP) allows certain Australian managed funds to be ...