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Lakehouse Capital adds return-to-work appointment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
The $640 million equities manager has temporarily added a former Anacacia Capital investment director to its team, as a part of its its return to work program for professionals returning to the workforce after extended absence. Antonella Petrella is ...

Super fund ESG targets lack clarity: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Superannuation funds need to set clear, transparent emissions reduction targets for their investment portfolios that are based on metrics that can be compared across the industry, according to recommendations from the Australasian Centre for Corporate ...

Link scraps European acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Link Group has canned its $266 million European acquisition and is forging ahead with the sale of PEXA. Link scrapped its takeover bid of Pepper European Servicing (PES), offering $266 million for the loan servicing, advisory and asset management firm ...

Integrity Life updates product offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
The life insurance provider has revealed several changes to its products with a new support package for clients and a multi-cover discount. As of today, lump sum cover includes Integrity's Care Support Package for policyholders who are unable to ...

FSC appoints new board member

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed MLC Wealth acting managing director Andrew Morgan to its board. Morgan joined MLC Wealth in 2019 as chief corporate services officer before becoming acting managing director in November 2020, after ...

ASIC winds up Mayfair 101 debenture issuer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
ASIC has succeeded in winding up the issuer of Mayfair 101's debenture products, with the Federal Court ordering M101 Nominees to wind up. The is the first outcome arising from ASIC's ongoing actions against Mayfair 101 Group and its director James ...

Schroders adjusts fund return targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
The fund manager has lowered its real return funds' targets as a result of low interest rates and bond yields and the impact of the pandemic on economies around the world. The Schroder Real Return CPI Plus 3.5%, Schroder Real Return CPI Plus 5% ...

PPS Mutual hires from BT

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
A former BT Life manager has joined the mutual life insurance firm as business development manager for New South Wales. Sophie Gacomi has over 10 years' experience in business development roles and spent the last year at BT Life. Prior to this, Gacomi ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
Wall Street's down. Repeat, Wall Street's down! The CBOE VIX index - the fear gauge - jumped by 9.5% in the last trading day of the first month of 2021 to 33.09 points, marking the highest since the renewed COVID-19 outbreak in Europe that subsequently ...

Shipton to leave ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced ASIC chair James Shipton will leave the regulator in the coming months, despite being cleared by Vivian Thom's review of ASIC Governance. Releasing the review findings today, Frydenberg said he and Shipton ...