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BlackRock appoints APAC lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
BlackRock has named a new chair and head of Asia Pacific, as Geraldine Buckingham moves into an advisory role. Currently head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Rachel Lord will take over from Buckingham in May of this year. Buckingham, who has ...

Workers being offered nothing: Keating

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia annual conference opened with the creator of super, former Prime Minister Paul Keating, alleging the government is swindling workers. Discussing the suggestion that the current government may forgo ...

Praemium profit, growth up

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
The managed accounts platform has recorded a 113% increase in net profit after tax from the first half of 2020 to $3 million, following the acquisition of Powerwrap. In its half-year results, Praemium reported a 69% jump in funds under administration ...

Chief economist update: Nikkei not so fine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
"Oh Nikkei, you're so fine You're so fine you blow my mind, hey Nikkei..." My apologies to Toni Basil for re-wording the lyrics to her 1981 hit "Mickey", but anyone watching the rise and rise of the Nikkei-225 index will understand. The Japanese ...

Aware to focus on unlisteds over equities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
Aware Super chief investment officer Damian Graham says the super fund is focused on building its unlisted infrastructure portfolio before it puts any more of its cash into stocks. Following the COVID crash in the first quarter last year, Graham said ...

Antares promotes on equities team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
MLC Asset Management's Antares Equities business has promoted a senior analyst to deputy portfolio manager on an ex-20 Australian equities fund. Winston Chong joined Antares' equities team in November 2019, after working at Gandel family office. ...

No tech bubble: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
BlackRock's macro research team has revealed the $8.7 trillion asset manager is continuing to favour the technology sector going into 2021. "The pandemic has turbocharged transformations that were already underway - from sustainability to inequality. ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards." - Shane Patton Did current US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (under Biden's administration) just call former US Secretary Lawrence Summers (under Clinton's) a coward? I refer of ...

NEOS, ClearView lead satisfaction

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
New research from Investment Trends has measured how satisfied risk advisers are with their main life insurers across key service areas, NEOS Life and ClearView on top. It found that NEOS overtook ClearView to become the insurer advisers are most satisfied ...

Super must prioritise cybersecurity risk: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
The superannuation industry is not prioritising the threat of cybersecurity risk and lacks the systems and understanding to address such challenges, according to a new report. The survey conducted by The Gateway Network Governance Body (GNGB) and PwC ...