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Rest hires from AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... and a general manager of member insights and strategy. Rest's MySuper product has returned 7.8% p.a. over 10 years to April 2021, putting it at rank 25. It has hired heavily in recent months. To name a few, Rest hired Chris Drew from Australian Catholic ...

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... live without our biggest export. According to the ABS: "The increase in metalliferous ores to China [up 20% in May from April] was once again driven by iron ore, up $2,087m (20%) to $12,666m. This is the third consecutive record export month for both ...

Dexus reports higher portfolio valuations

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... properties and is valued at $2.3 billion. In May, it bid to acquire APN Group that valued the latter at about $320 million. In April, the Dexus Wholesale Property Fund and the AMP Capital Diversified Property Fund won shareholder approval from both funds ...

Ellerston rejigs Aussie market neutral fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... product, the Global Equity Managers Fund, which has been run by Jacob since 2002 and had 14.1% p.a. in returns after fees to April end. Drzewucki left earlier this year after working with the firm for nearly 10 years. He joined Polymer Capital, which ...

NZ Super Fund hires asset allocation head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... finance at the University of Melbourne, University of British Columbia, Macquarie University and University of Sydney. In April, Joe Halapua was promoted to the role of manager of NZ equities. He will report to head of direct investment Will Goodwin. ...

Lumiant raises capital, adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... board. Jeff Hall will join the Lumiant board as a director after finishing up as chief operating officer of Midwinter in April. Hall's new role will oversee Lumiant's commercial and operational direction. David Haintz joins Lumiant as an ambassador ...

PwC names financial services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... there as a senior associate in the UK. She has worked in the firm's capital markets, banking, risk and regulatory units. In April, Sam Garland was named banking and capital markets leader within the financial services unit. Prior to his promotion, he ...

LGIAsuper to rebrand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... said. "It's very important that we retain the identity of Suncorp Portfolio Services and their corporate knowledge." In April, LGIAsuper acquired Suncorp Portfolio Services for $45 million (fixed amount of $26.6 million plus regulatory capital). ...

Coolabah lists fund on Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... ranks in the top two strategies in Mercer's Australian fixed-income (active) universe over the last three years to 30 April 2021," Cheng said.

Chief economist update: Chinese activity indicators disappoint but growth target intact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... market consensus expectations. The NBS reported that Chinese retail sales grew by 12.4% in the year to May down from 17.7% April, March's year-on-year rate of 34.2% and lower than market expectations for a 17.0% print. The annual growth in industrial ...