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Association names new chief and president

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... executive and David Harvie has been named president of the financial education and advisory services provider to superannuation funds. Mann, the principal of Sydney-based True Direction Financial, succeeds Douglas Latto. Latto is principal of Legan Financial ...

Superannuation, insurance expert joins EY

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... Underwriting and Claims Association. She regularly presents at industry conferences such as the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Michelle Segaert, also a partner in ...

Chief economist update: The Fed should act now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... gave credence to then Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's rationale that the drop in US bond yields at the same time that fed funds rate were being raised - "interest rate conundrum" was likely due to the global savings glut. We now know what happened ...

Channel Capital signs on new partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... Management is acting as the responsible entity of the fund. RWC's existing Australian clients include industry superannuation funds, endowments, family offices and government funds, Channel said. In the past, it has won mandates from Perpetual Select ...

New board directors at Future Generation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... philanthropic, digital and corporate governance credentials." FGX's investment committee has Sunsuper portfolio manager of hedge funds Bruce Tomlinson, Zenith Investment Partners co-founder David Smythe and Centennial Asset Management portfolio manager ...

Multi-affiliate revamps, changes name

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
A multi-affiliate has unveiled a new name and identity in a bid extend its local and overseas footprint. Grant Samuels Funds Management has changed its name and rebranded to GSFM. The change follows the acquisition by Canadian wealth management firm ...

Zurich Investments shuts down fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... of Drennan's job was to undertake a strategic review of the Zurich Investments business which now has $2.4 billion in funds under management across 12 funds, all managed externally. The investors access the platform channel via advisers building ...

Chief economist update: A question of when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... success and the booming dotcoms, the Fed ignored the inversion that started in January 2000 and continued to lift the fed funds rate until May of the same year before holding them unchanged until December 2000. By then it was too late to stave off the ...

Curtain call for JCP Investment Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... Boutique Australian equity fund manager JCP Investment Partners is closing its doors and will progressively wind down its funds. JCP said in a statement to Financial Standard it will return funds to clients and its workforce of 21 employees is "unable ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... investment and considering whether it needs to conduct a review. According to Rainmaker data, almost all superannuation funds in Australia have some exposure to Facebook, standing as the third most commonly held international stock amongst industry funds. ...