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Industry fund chief executive to step down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
The chief executive of a soon-to-merge industry super fund has announced he will not seek a role within the merged fund. Intrust chief executive Brendan O'Farrell has announced that he has not sought a role with the fund once it merges with Hostplus. ...

Australian Ethical overhauls longstanding fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
Australian Ethical is making a series of changes to its Advocacy investment option that will allow it to begin investing in alternatives and unlisted property. From October, the Advocacy option will essentially close and instead be known as the 'High ...

Future Fund hires people and culture chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
The sovereign wealth fund appointed a chief people and culture officer following an extensive search. Kimberley Reid joined the executive team and reports to chief executive Raphael Arndt. She was first appointed interim chief people and culture officer ...

Boutique launches active hybrid ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
Daintree Capital has launched Australia's first bank hybrid fund in a single unit structure just months after delisting a cash ETF. The Daintree Hybrid Opportunities Fund invests in a diversified global portfolio of between 25 to 125 hybrid bank securities. ...

Mercer superannuation executive resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
A long-serving Mercer superannuation executive has left the firm to focus on board directorships. Jo-Anne Bloch was most recently a senior partner and head of superannuation services at Mercer, a role she held for less than a year. In her early years ...

CMC Markets buys ANZ Share Investing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
The online trading platform is set to pay $25 million for the big four bank's share investing client base as the latter continues to simplify its banking strategy. The transaction will see 500,000 ANZ Share Investing clients with total assets in excess ...

GSFM bolsters team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
The Sydney-based multi-boutique appointed a former Vanguard manager to build out its retail distribution team. Joshua Nissenbaum has joined as key account manager and will report to GSFM head of retail distribution Stephen Fletcher. He was previously ...

Managed accounts surpass $100bn

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
The take up of managed accounts continues to grow with the industry growing $15.8 billion in the last six months to $111 billion, new research shows. The Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) and Milliman's latest Managed Accounts FUM Census ...

IFM Investors' Sydney Airport dream still alive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
The consortium of investors, led by IFM, bidding for Sydney Airport has had its first win. After a series of rejected bids, Sydney Airport announced to the ASX that it is considering the consortium's (Sydney Aviation Alliance) latest bid of $8.75 cash ...

Former Macquarie chief to head ASIC, APRA regulator

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
The former chief executive of Macquarie has been named as chair of the authority which will review the effectiveness and capability of both ASIC and APRA. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced that Nicholas Moore will chair the Financial Regulator Assessment ...