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Channel Capital head of retail departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
The head of retail distribution at the $12 billion multi-boutique has jumped ship to another fund manager and the role has been dissolved. Leeshen Chanique worked at Channel Capital for four years, most recently leading the retail/wholesale distribution ...

Nikko AM chief executive steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
The president and chief executive of Nikko Asset Management, Takumi Shibata, is stepping down. His resignation comes after he was named in a US lawsuit alleging he deliberately made lucrative stock options that were part of an incentive scheme for employees ...

New directors join Frontier Advisors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
Asset consultancy group Frontier Advisors has appointed two new board directors. Cbus board director John Edwards and HESTA board director Deborah Cole have joined the Frontier board. Edwards and Cole will replace long-standing directors Cbus chief ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
"They say that breaking up is hard to do, now I know, I know that it's true..." - Neil Sedaka. This song must be playing in UK prime minister Theresa May's head - it should as it did in mine - when a second round of voting in the House of Commons ...

NFP super funds rise to occasion post-Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
While industry funds emerged largely unscathed from the Hayne Royal Commission, it is more critical than ever for not-for-profit funds to be exemplary in terms of practices and performance. This was a key message at this year's Conference of Major Super ...

Statewide Super confirms merger talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
Statewide Super is in advanced merger talks with two superannuation funds, confirming a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed. A spokesperson for Statewide Super told Financial Standard the fund is exploring a potential merger with WA Super and ...

Smaller platforms continue to excel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
Smaller platform players continue to make gains against their institutional competitors, according to Investment Trends' latest report. Netwealth and HUB24 were top of the platform pile in 2018 according to the firm's annual benchmarking and ...

Jamieson Coote Bonds introduces global fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
Fixed income specialist Jamieson Coote Bonds is officially introducing its global fund to Australian investors following its initial seeding in early 2018. The CC JCB Global Bond Fund has an investible universe which includes global sovereigns, semi-government ...

Younger HNWs splashing on art

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
A new tribe of art collectors is emerging across the globe as younger high-net-worth individuals loosen their purse strings to buy more readily than the old guard, says a new UBS report. Millennials accounted for almost half of the total high end spending ...

UK pension funds to be hit hard over negligence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
The UK Government wants to up the ante on pension fund bosses who endanger worker's retirement savings. Under a new proposal from the UK Government, bosses would face up to seven years in jail for endangering the retirement savings of their workers ...