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Rest appoints head of investment strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
Rest has hired BlackRock's head of client portfolio solutions in Australia as the fund's head of investment strategy and asset allocation, while also naming a head of capital markets. Andrew Thomas will report to Rest's chief investment officer Andrew ...

Chief economist update: ScoMo cannot miss new vaccination target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
Some move the goalposts when they can't hit the target, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison did one better and all but abandoned his government's vaccine roll-out target. Taking to Facebook, Morrison announced on April 10 that: "The government ...

Vanguard appoints super administrator

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
Vanguard has appointed an administrator for its soon-to-be-launched superannuation business in Australia. GROW Inc (formerly Grow Super) was appointed Vanguard's administrator for its superannuation offering last month, taking the contract from ...

Chief economist update: No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... end of January this year (before not a few countries reimposed restrictions). Similarly, after dropping below 400k in February (from 845K in January), the number of daily new cases have been rising since, and to-date have reached 787,000. Yet equity ...

Climate change worse than pandemic: UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The chief executive of the UK's Pensions Regulator believes climate change will be more catastrophic to populations' way of life than the COVID-19 pandemic if no action is taken. The comments came as The Pensions Regulator chief executive Charles ...

Fidante opens Singapore office, hires from AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
Challenger's $72 billion multi-boutique business Fidante Partners has hired from AMP Capital's Asian business to set up a Singapore office. Beng Neoh worked at AMP Capital for about 22 years, ending as managing director, North Asia in 2019. ...

Chief economist update: Fourth wave threatens Olympics, growth outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The way it's (not) going for Japan, recent upgrades to its 2021 economic growth made by the OECD and the International Monetary Fund might need to be toned down or even reversed to a downgrade at their next outing. The OECD's March 2021 "Interim ...

Ausbil adds to mFund lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
Ausbil Investment Management has added three funds to its mFunds offering, taking the total to 12. The manager today added Ausbil Australian SmallCap Fund (ASX: AXW13), Ausbil Global Essential Infrastructure Fund in unhedged (ASX: AXW12) and hedged ...

Spirit Super drops fees after merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Tasplan and MTAA Super's $23 billion merged fund, Spirit Super, has reduced the weekly administration fees for members by 13.4%. Effective today, the administration fees are reducing from $1.50 per week to $1.30 per week. The merged fund has also ...

ASIC sues CBA over monthly fees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
The corporate regulator has commenced civil proceedings against Commonwealth Bank over allegations it wrongly charged monthly fees to customers over a nine-year period. ASIC alleges CBA incorrectly charged $55 million in monthly access fees to nearly ...