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Robo-adviser launches high interest savings solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... aren't simple, easy to use options for savers that avoid onerous monthly conditions. Meanwhile most stock brokers, super funds and investment platforms take huge fees from the piles of cash entrusted to them and pay well below the RBA rate of 1.5%," ...

New rules for UK retirement income products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... consumer engagement. The Financial Conduct Authority is concerned about consumers moving into drawdown and holding their funds in investments that will not meet their needs, namely low return cash funds. The watchdog estimates the issue is costing people ...

QIC signs US investment partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... maintenance, including major renovations. QIC is one the largest institutional managers in Australia with $85 billion in funds under management. Its Global Infrastructure division manages $11 billion across 13 global direct investments through a team ...

Australia Day honours recognise industry stalwarts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... chair Geoff Brunsdon was appointed a Member in the General Division the Order of Australia (AM). He is also chair of APN Funds Management. He is the former managing director and head of investment banking for Merrill Lynch International Australia, and ...

Roll-it Super expands offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... position, spending and saving patterns overtime. Roll-it Super launched in December 2018 to help members compare superannuation funds and switch to better, high-performing investments. It provides monthly performance, fees and benefits for the top 100 ...

Avenir eyes insto investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... A few months later, in September, it made its fund accessible to retail investors. "We would be approached by endowment funds in the US who were interested in our strategy but we did not have the operational breadth and compliance at institutional level ...

AMP Capital starts new team, appoints two leads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... The global direct investments team will oversee direct investments made alongside AMP Capital's infrastructure equity funds. AMP Capital has appointed Dylan Foo as the global head of direct investments, based in the US. Patsy Sandys, an associate ...

Ironbark dumps investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Ironbark Asset Management is replacing the underlying investment manager of one of its funds, saying its strategy is unlikely to benefit investors over the long term. Ironbark is dropping K2 Advisors as manager of its Global Diversified Alternatives ...

Wealth group acquires asset manager stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Aura Group has acquired a majority stake (55%) in Vantage Point Asset Management in a bid to expand its funds management businesses. Aura said the acquisition will diversify its products to include more liquid absolute-return funds and provide Vantage ...

Parametric critiques Productivity Commission's final report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... Australia's retirement system. "It lacked the data and insight to interrogate the matter and provide answers-and superannuation funds and their advisers, by and large, were unable to help," she said. Parametric's said its research demonstrates ...