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China A-shares to disrupt emerging markets strategies: Robeco

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
The sheer size of the China A-share equity market, along with China's shifting economic profile, will have a tremendous impact on emerging markets indices - the inclusion of the whole A-shares market will push China's weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets ...

Former Macquarie head of research joins Fidelity

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
The former head of research for Macquarie's wealth management business has taken on a new role at Fidelity International. Richard Dinham joins Fidelity as head of client solutions and retirement. In this role, he will liaise with Fidelity's investment ...

Acadian appoints investments head from SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Acadian Asset Management has appointed a new head of investments for Australia. Jean-Christophe de Beaulieu joins Acadian's Sydney office from State Street Global Advisors in Boston, where he was managing director and senior portfolio manager for the ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
Superannuation funds with significant levels of female leadership again outperformed funds dominated by men, and have increased their likelihood of doing so, Rainmaker research reveals. Rainmaker assessed 66 super funds to derive a W-index score and ...

Time to move beyond "cheap and generic" retirement products: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Milliman practice leader Wade Matterson thinks the Australian wealth industry should be called to account for creating a raft of "very cheap, generic retirement income products based on a lot of averages." Matterson explained that Milliman analyses ...

AMP head of retail sales departs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
AMP's head of retail sales is departing following a restructure of the sales team last year. Stephen Craig joined AMP in 2008 as head of retail sales and marketing; he then became acting director, contemporary wealth management, head of goals-based ...

L1 Capital targets $500m for long short LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
L1 Capital has opened the initial public offering for its Long Short Fund listed investment company (ASX:LSF), seeking to raise $500 million. The LIC derives its investment strategy from the unlisted Long Short Fund, which is closed to new investors ...

Good Super partners for Dump Trump investment option

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
Good Super is partnering with a US-based investment adviser to launch a suite of new investment options for members, including "Dump Trump" and "Boycott Adani." OpenInvest will provide advisory services for the new options, which Good Super said will ...

Private wealth platform appoints ASX-listed corporate adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
A blockchain-based private wealth platform that created China's first robo-advice solution appointed an ASX-listed corporate advisory firm for its initial coin offering (ICO). Bankorus, which now advises more than 200,000 high-net-worth investors representing ...

Acorns launches its own super product

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
The Australian arm of micro-investment savings app Acorns is entering the superannuation sector with the launch of its own super product. Acorns Grow Australia Super is expected to roll out to Acorns Australia's 400,000 users in March. It will be fully ...