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Aussies lost money due to lack of advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Despite Australia living up to its reputation as a lucky country during the COVID-19 pandemic, Australians' investments took a bigger hit than their international counterparts - likely due to a lack of financial advice. New research from PIMCO surveyed ...

HSBC wealth lead lands chief executive role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
HSBC's global chief executive of wealth and personal banking has scored the top job at a major financial services group. Charlie Nunn will become the group chief executive and executive director of Lloyds Banking Group, overseeing brands such as ...

GSFM sizes up ETFs with Munro launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... am cautious about making any bold predictions. about where to from here." "Let's see how this goes, and with any sort of luck, in time there will be many more to come. I suppose the point is, you've always got to avoid offering me-too products and to ...

Fresh fundies outperform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... accredited Australian and Singaporean investors in March 2020. While Moors said the investment manager so far has not had much luck with Australian financial advisers due to its two year track record, the fund's performance and consistency of returns ...

Adelaide fund manager adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
An Adelaide fund manager has added a former federal treasury analyst to its board. Kellie Stocker has joined the Angas Securities board as a non-executive director. Stocker has previously worked a legal and economic consultant in the federal treasury ...

Vision Super appoints deputy chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... years. Most of our other options are top quartile. "Michael would tell you that those returns are mainly the result of good luck, but the credit is his - he's largely responsible for the foresight, careful planning and strategic thinking behind every ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
"Australians all let us rejoice... in joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair." It wasn't supposed to go this way. Given the re-imposition of lockdown in Melbourne and most Australian states "closed border" policy, financial markets ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
A woman who has multiple sclerosis (MS) is fighting to have CommInsure recognise her condition, calling into question the various definitions life insurers use. ClaimRight founder William Johns was assisting a client with MS in accessing the insurance ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top despite recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
While we, Australians all, continue to shudder at the economy's first recession in 29-years, our nation - to use Old Blue Eyes' song - remains "Top of the list, King of the hill, A number one..." It may not be Einstein's "relativity theory" ...

Is your CEO smart or just lucky?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
New academic research says chief executives gain more power for strokes of luck, especially if the boards watching them have weak governance. University of North Carolina academic Turk Al-Sabah probed the question in recently published his research ...