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Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
"One, two, Freddy's coming for you Three, four, better lock your door Five, six, grab a crucifix Seven, eight, ya better stay awake Nine, ten, he's back again." Just replace "Freddy" with "COVID" and this Nightmare on Elm Street remake of the ...

ASIC takes action against BTFM, Asgard, StatePlus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
ASIC has commenced Federal Court proceedings against BT Funds Management and Asgard over fee-for-no-service conduct and making misleading representations in relation to the fees. It has also launched a similar case against StatePlus. ASIC alleges that ...

Pengana sales manager lands distribution gig

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
A former Pengana Capital national sales manager for private banking and wealth has found his feet after moving to sunny Queensland, landing a new role as the head of distribution at two boutique funds management companies. Alex Keen has nabbed the role ...

MySuper portfolio winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
In a survey of 40 MySuper strategies and products, an $80 billion super fund has outperformed its peers to return 7% per annum in the three years to June. According to Rainmaker's June 2020 RiskMetrics report, UniSuper achieved the highest three-year ...

Sales, reporting top buy-side pandemic struggles

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
A June survey of 250 capital markets executives found buy-side firms saw sales and reporting as the biggest challenge during COVID-19,while sell-side firms struggled most with trading and risk functions. FIS, which commissioned Longitude Partners to ...

Cbus adds to leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
The $54 billion fund has hired Natalie Hannemann as head of service, member and employer experience, commencing in September. Hannemann joins from World Vision where she spent the last eight years in a number of roles including most recently chief ...

AFP charges early release scammers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
The Australian Federal Police have charged three people with allegedly submitting false claims to gain early access to superannuation under the new COVID-19 measures. AFP Taskforce Iris has charged seven people in total with submitting false early release ...

Class bolsters tech team

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
The self-managed super fund administration and software provider has appointed two new technology leads, set to help Class continue to grow and innovate. Jarrod Yates and Glen MacLarty have been appointed as head of technology product and NextGen respectively ...

Tasmania leads the nation: CommSec

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
For the first time since October 2009, Tasmania has taken out CommSec's top gong as the best performing economy in its own right. It replaces Victoria, which has held the top spot in the online stockbroker's State of the States survey - either outright ...

Garry Laurence to depart Perpetual

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
Perpetual Investment Management is handing over Garry Laurence-led global shares strategies to the investors at its US acquisition Barrow Hanley. The funds include Perpetual Global Shares Fund and Perpetual International Share Fund. Its internal global ...