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TCorp investment operations boss departs in leadership restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
The general manager of investment implementation and operations at TCorp will leave the business after 13 years as part of a leadership overhaul. Jonathan Green joined TCorp in 2005 as head of investment management; he was previously manager member ...

Kelly+Partners to build Melbourne presence

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
Kelly+Partners will open a Melbourne office in July and has appointed two people to lead its private wealth and accounting businesses there. The Melbourne office will be located at 333 Collins Street. The chartered accounting division will be led by ...

SMA provider to award $20m mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
A separately managed account provider will soon award a $15-20 million Australian equities mandate to a high conviction manager, but with a twist. Agentia is working with portfolio construction consultancy InvestSense to reshape its Australian equities ...

Pension fund CIO departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
The chief investment officer at one of the world's largest pension funds has resigned, citing family reasons. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) announced Ted Eliopoulos will leave at the end of the year, with the search ...

Budget measures to drive up super costs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
The removal of exit fees and caps on passive fees charged by superannuation funds announced in this year's Budget may have unintended consequences. As per Treasurer Scott Morrison's speech, the Government will introduce a 3% annual cap on passive fees ...

BlackRock confirms iShares delisting timetable

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... the US domiciled ETFs on the ASX was "drastically" less costly than building them from the scratch, iShares Australia head Jon Howie told Financial Standard on May 3. The standard withholding tax rate applied for distribution is 30%, but if Australians ...

S&P to remove ASX healthcare firm from index

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
An ASX-listed healthcare firm, currently subject to a potential class action by shareholders which include major Australian asset managers, will be removed from the ASX 200 pending acquisition by a US company. S&P Dow Jones Indices said Sirtex Medical ...

BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... and the 14 ETFs to remain on the ASX currently hold more than $7 billion in assets as at March 31. iShares Australia head Jon Howie said the restructure comes at a time when investor demand has developed the Aussie ETF substantially. "This has led to ...

Morningstar creates carbon risk investment tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... emerging market equity strategies tend to have higher carbon risk scores. Morningstar director of sustainability research Jon Hale said: "Our analysis using the carbon risk metrics finds that investors have low-carbon fund choices across virtually all ...

Cardena Private Wealth adds life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
The boutique wealth manager and advisory firm has signed onto MBS Insurance's life insurance offering, after 12 months of using its personal insurance consultancy for clients. Risk consultancy MBS will now advise Cardena's client base of high-net-worth ...