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Inflation the forgotten risk to retiree portfolios

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
Advisers should not underrate inflation risk when building retirement income portfolios for clients, an AMP Capital portfolio manager told attendees at Financial Standard Retirement Income Best Practice Forum in Sydney this morning. Speaking during ...

VanEck launches new fixed income ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
VanEck will tomorrow list a new fixed income ETF that capitalises on APRA's expanded capital requirements for big banks, to deliver investors yield north of 2%. The VanEck Vectors Australian Subordinated Debt ETF (ASX: SUBD) will hold a portfolio of ...

China backs blockchain, Bitcoin soars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
Bitcoin increased its market cap by $55 billion after Chinese President Xi Jinping said China must "seize the opportunity" for blockchain technology. "We must take blockchain as an important breakthrough for independent innovation of core technologies ...

Industry fund hires new product lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
An $11.4 billion industry fund has welcomed a new product manager who previously worked at BT Financial Group, ANZ and Perpetual. Quyen Woodrow steps into the product manager role at NGS Super. In her new position, Woodrow will be responsible for the ...

BNP Paribas appoints new Australia head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
BNP Paribas has appointed Karine Delvallee as its new head of territory for Australia and New Zealand and general manager of the BNP Paribas Australia branch, having worked for the company for over 25 years. Delvallee has held a number of senior and ...

ASIC imposes AFSL conditions on IOOF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
The corporate regulator has imposed additional licence conditions on IOOF Investment Services to improve conflicts management. According to ASIC, IOOF Investments Services Limited (IISL) sought a variation of its licence in order to transfer a managed ...

Zurich secures mandate from $8b super fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
Zurich has been awarded a group insurance mandate from an industry super fund worth $8 billion. The mandate was awarded by Queensland-based Energy Super and is the first given to the insurer since it acquired OnePath Life in June this year. Head of ...

Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
An RBA rate cut won't happen on Melbourne Cup Day, 5 November. But it will happen - perhaps down to negative and up to the point where the Australian central bank is forced into quantitative easing and print Australian dollars. This is because latest ...

BetaShares responsible investment ETF recognised

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
Lonsec upgraded its rating of one of BetaShares' two responsible investment ETFs. The rating agency upgraded the rating of BetaShares' Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) to "Recommended", with the firm pointing to the "strict and pragmatic ethical ...

Senior lawyer drags AMP to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
A former AMP lawyer is claiming over $2 million from the company for unfair dismissal after she raised concerns about fee-for-no-services practices with its former top executives. Larissa Baker Cook was involved in AMP's legal preparation for the ...