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Chief economist update: Local and foreign love affair with Australian property

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021

The Foreign Investment Review Board's (FIRB) 2019-20 annual report shows that just like Australians, foreigners are also in love with our local property market. The FIRB approved a total of 7496 applications for the purchase of commercial and residential ...

Managed accounts FUM inch to $100bn

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021

... Milliman principal and head of investment solutions for Asia-Pacific Victor Huang said. Separately managed accounts hold the lion's share of assets at $45.1 billion (up 54% year on year) followed by managed discretionary account services at $38.9 billion ...

J.P. Morgan dominates custody market

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021

J.P. Morgan has remained the largest custodian in Australia since 2016, when it bumped off NAB Asset Servicing, closing in on nearly $1 trillion of assets. The Australian Custodial Services Association's (ACSA) biannual statistics revealed J.P. ...

Lion Global partners with local distributor

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020

Singapore-based Lion Global Investors has appointed a newly-established local distribution firm to help expand its Asian private equity strategy. Strathnaver Capital, which was set up by Richard Borysiewicz 10 months ago, will assist the asset manager ...

IOOF compensation bill soars

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020

The former pensions and investments business of ANZ has exacerbated IOOF's client remediation bill, which has now topped $760 million. The provision for ex-ANZ P&I took the lion's share of the total remediation bill at $197.9 million. The firm ...

ESG ETF demand rises: Research

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020

Wealth managers are increasingly using ETFs to incorporate ethical and responsible investing, flagging that this strategy will eventually substitute the actively-managed part of their portfolios. More than half (55%) of the global 191 institutional ...

Lifespan adds MDAs to BT Panorama

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020

Lifespan Financial Planning has launched 30 managed discretionary account model portfolios on BT Panorama. The portfolios will be available to Lifespan's advisers who use BT Panorama. Lifespan has over 250 advisers, the company said. The offering includes ...

Managed accounts inch to $80bn

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020

Managed accounts assets continue to grow steadily, having hit nearly $80 billion despite setbacks caused by COVID-19. The Institute of Managed Account Professionals' latest census found asset growth for the sector was stable, reaching $79.71 billion ...

Mandates from superannuation funds slow

KANIKA SOOD | THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020

Superannuation fund awarded only 30 mandates in the three months to March totaling $2.5 billion, down significantly from the December quarter's 63 totaling $8.6 billion, new data from Rainmaker Information shows. International equities strategies ...

At least $70bn more in stimulus needed: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020

... support the economic recovery, and should avoid premature fiscal tightening, the federal government will need to fund the lion's share of any stimulus," the report said. "Such spending would not impair the federal budget in the long term. "Even assuming ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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