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Mercer creates portfolio management lead role

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
Mercer is growing its Australian senior leadership team with the creation of a new portfolio management head. It also announced the retirement of its chief market strategist. Ronan McCabe will join as head of portfolio management commencing February ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
We may have a Santa Claus rally this year after all! US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell spooked us all - in the Halloween month of October - when, in an interview with PBS, he declared that: "The really extremely accommodative low interest rates ...

SMSF investment platform begins, announces senior hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
The outgoing chief executive at the Australian arm of an $800 billion global asset manager is joining the board of a newly-launched SMSF investment platform in 2019. Joining OpenInvest as a non-executive director in the New Year is current Schroders ...

Miscalculations delay remediation, more issues emerge: AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
AMP has issued a clarifying statement following interim chief executive Mike Wilkins' testimony to the Royal Commission that the fees-for-no-service issue was initially expected to cost $1.2 billion and take nine years to remedy. He also flagged ...

ANZ lambasted for breach reporting delays

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
ANZ is the slowest and an "outlier" among the major banks to report significant breaches, the Royal Commission heard this morning. ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott couldn't justify why the bank took 213 days to report significant breaches (despite ...

Responsible investment guide launched

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
A global manager has partnered with the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia to launch a guide to responsible investing for financial advisers as demand for the strategies swells. AXA Investment Managers worked with Responsible Investment ...

Chief economist update: The art of the deal in action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
Are we seeing US President Donald Trump's "The Art of the Deal" in real-time, live and in action? Ever since Trump declared a trade war with China in late March this year, there have been actual implementations, threats, some concessions and now ...

NEOS continues growth trajectory

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
Since launching in mid-2018, life insurance start-up NEOS Life is making strides with the launch of a new product and expedited its underwriting decision times. NEOS managing director Brett Yardley said that most underwriting decisions finalised in ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
As the Royal Commission sharpens its focus on accountability and corporate culture, an institutional investor says these two issues will now shape conversations with boards more than ever. SSGA senior managing director Susan Darroch said the significant ...

Super fund offloads harmful holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund has become the latest to divest tobacco, thermal coal and tar sands producers. In addition to their existing controversial weapons exclusion, Vision Super will be culling investments in tobacco, thermal coal ...