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Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... equities mandates appointments has also contracted though by not as much," Rainmaker director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. "Super fund consolidation is also a factor in this mandate realignment. The recent string of fund merger announcements ...

AMP overhauls wealth leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... as chief financial officer and general manager, product. This team will report to AMP chief executive, wealth management Alex Wade. The focus of the new leadership team will be on providing better experiences and outcomes for clients and that that will ...

Superannuation funds flag $113bn merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... 2017, the combined funds had over $60 billion and 770,000 members. Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said the state of Victoria's defined benefit superannuation obligation (via its association of the Emergency Services ...

Wealth heavyweights join FSC board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... joined the board of the Financial Services Council, including from AMP and Challenger. AMP chief executive, wealth management Alex Wade, Challenger chief financial officer Andrew Tobin and Jason Yetton - who is leading Commonwealth Bank's wealth demerger ...

Boutique fund manager appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
An $11 billion fixed income boutique has appointed a chief executive, as it builds its team. The board of Ardea Investment Management has selected co-founder Stephen Clout as the firm's chief executive. Clout previously headed the portfolio implementation ...

Record tax receipts, record outlays yet back to surplus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
Australian Commonwealth Budget receipts are climbing at their fastest rate in 18 years and outlays are climbing at their fastest rate in five years. Yet, Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has been able to declare Australia's first Budget surplus ...

MP slams prolonged grandfathered commissions carve out

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
With the ANZ banking group abolishing all grandfathered commissions as of yesterday, the industry is receiving little sympathy from the Government. Deputy chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Review of the Four Major ...

Heffron reshuffles leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... it had made a spate of senior appointments recently, including hiring Natalie Sillar as head of sales and marketing, and Alex Denham as a senior SMSF specialist in its education team. Sillar was previously a senior marketing manager in wealth transformation ...

BetaShares receives Zenith rating

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
... ETF launched around 10 months ago and has amassed over $400 million in assets under management. BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur said: "A200 significantly reduces the cost of ownership of a diversified portfolio of Australian shares, making it ...

Banks move to derisk, workforces shrink

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... its Australian equities investments in bank stocks, according to Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin. Imagine the impact if super funds were to lose their appetite. "The financial services' hefty weight in the ASX ...