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The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
The next wave of fund managers is ready to leave their textbooks behind and start investing with real money. And star stockpickers of today are offering their help to an interuniversity group. Traditionally, students undertaking a commerce or business ...

Chief economist update: Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
"You're Marines now. You adapt. You overcome. You improvise." - Heartbreak Ridge The coronavirus pandemic has been likened to a war. US president Trump called it "the invisible enemy", French head of state Macron declared that France was "at war" ...

Perks appoints new director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
Wealth management firm Perks has appointed a new director to its private wealth division. Nick Connelly has been promoted to the role, having been with Perks since 2008. He was appointed associate director last year. "During his time at Perks, he has ...

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 ...

AMP swears it will change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
AMP has committed to transforming its culture and building a "respectful and inclusive" workplace in the wake of a spate of scandals. Yesterday AMP announced a comprehensive workplace conduct review would be conducted by Symmetra - a consultancy that ...

Investors seek to increase EM exposure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Asia-based institutional investors and those from around the world expect to increase their emerging market (EM) exposures, both in equity and fixed income, according to Vontobel Asset Management. The Vontobel investor survey found while a minority ...

ASIC takes disqualification decision to Federal Court

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
The corporate watchdog has refused to back down on a decision to disqualify a Queensland-based self-managed super fund auditor, taking the Administrative Appeals Tribunal's decision to the Federal Court of Australia. John Gilliland had his ASIC disqualification ...

Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Chief executive of Rio Tinto, Jean-Sebastien Jacques, will step down following pressure from investors and indigenous leaders over the destruction of the Juukan Gorge in May. Rio Tinto said the decision was made following the board review of the company's ...

BlackRock wins $7.1bn mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
BlackRock has secured a $7.1 billion (£4bn) mandate from a UK pension scheme. The investment manager will provide asset allocation and manager-selection decisions across all asset classes for the Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme (CAAPS), a defined ...

Chief economist update: ECB keeps it steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
They came, they deliberated, they...well...didn't do anything. At its September 10 meeting, the European Central Bank's (ECB) governing council decided to keep interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 0.00%; marginal lending facility rate at ...