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Fidelity portfolio manager resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... is currently the top-performing EM equities funds, according to the R ainmaker rankings of wholesale managed funds to February end. Its three-year returns sat at 15.4% per year, more than double the benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets Index's 7% p.a. over ...

Senate report on YFYS reforms delayed

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... senate economics legislation committee, chaired by Liberal senator Slade Brockman, was tasked with producing the report on February 18. The due date was set for today, April 22. Senator Brockman yesterday said the committee has pushed the report to next ...

Chief economist update: Bank of Canada walks the talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... forecast, as households and companies adapted to the second wave and associated restrictions. Substantial job gains in February and March boosted employment. However, new lockdowns will pose another setback and the labour market remains difficult for ...

Koda Capital adds director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... in Australia. Schibrowski was also an executive board member at Crestone after it acquired UBS Wealth Management. In February 2020, Koda Capital bolstered its presence in Queensland with two new hires. It added three advisers and partners - James Christopher ...

Former Aon Hewitt adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... years. Andrew Hills has been banned following ASIC surveillance. He was an authorised representative of Aon Hewitt from February 2009 to December 2018. The regulator's investigation found that between 2014 and 2017, Hills allowed or authorised misleading ...

Two Aussie CIOs on top 100 list

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... reflect the opportunity to buy during the crisis." Statewide's MySuper product returned 6.8% p.a. in the year ending February 28, giving it the 26th spot in return rankings of default products. It is the sixth-best performing MySuper option on a ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... Senator Jane Hume said Australia has achieved the highest female participation rate in the workforce ever at 61.8%, up from February data of 61.4%. Overall, the unemployment rate declined to 5.6%, down from 5.8% month on month, with around 71,000 jobs ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... adjusted estimates for March 2021: Unemployment rate decreased to 5.6% - the lowest level since March 2020 - from 5.8% in February Participation rate increased to 66.3% - a historic high - indicating optimism among jobseekers over the likelihood of getting ...

Vanguard Super appoints board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... director and member of audit compliance and risk management committee at AustralianSuper for about six years, ending in February. She was also a non-executive director at ANZ Staff Superannuation, and the chief financial officer of RACV. Lui is Vanguard's ...

UniSuper tops MySuper league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
UniSuper topped MySuper tables for the three years to February end, as default options hit their one-year high since COVID-19 started. UniSuper Balanced returned 8.3% p.a. over the three-year period, making it the best performing MySuper option. It ...