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Advice firm expands to Dubai

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
A financial advice firm catering to Australian expats is set to establish a new office in Dubai. Atlas Wealth Management will open a new office in Dubai, located in the Dubai International Finance Centre. The goal of the expansion is for Atlas to provide ...

Chief economist update: BOJ Tankan tanking?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
The G20 meeting in Osaka, Japan has come and gone. Except for the photo-op, the leaders of the G18 could all have stayed at home and nobody would have noticed. The world's attention was all about the US-China trade deal or no deal tete-a-tete. The ...

Netwealth distribution lead exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
The head of distribution at Netwealth has left the company. The ASX-listed superannuation and investment solution provider has confirmed the departure of Nick Mitchell. A Netwealth spokesperson confirmed Mitchell's resignation, citing personal reasons. ...

Super fund introduces further group insurance changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
A $15 billion superannuation fund is making several changes to its group insurance offering in addition to the July 1 changes, which will see some members pay more for cover. CareSuper is moving from a unit-based cover for standard death and TPD insurance ...

AMP Life appoints temporary investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
An AMP Capital executive is filling in for the chief investment officer at AMP Life as the latter takes extended leave. Jeffrey Brunton, a senior investment director at AMP Capital, has taken on the role while Sean Henaghan is taking planned extended ...

Nikko AM names new distribution head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
Nikko Asset Management has looked within to find its new head of distribution for Australia. The $11 billion asset manager has promoted current head of wholesale sales Rob Bluzmanis to head of distribution for Australia, effective immediately. Bluzmanis ...

CountPlus transfers SMA management

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
CountPlus has offloaded the investment management of its SMA platform solution as it aims to rid itself of product conflicts. The Privilege Managed Account is a separately managed accounts platform made up of seven model portfolios. These were offered ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
The way it's going, the rally in iron ore prices will keep on going and going. Iron ore prices ended the first half of 2019 at US$109.18/metric tonne, representing a 57.8% rally from the US$69.20 it fetched six months earlier. The world's largest ...

Industry funds consider $22bn merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
Two industry superannuation funds are considering merging to create a $22 billion superannuation fund. MTAA Super and Tasplan have entered into a binding Memorandum of Understanding to investigate a possible merger that would see the creation of a $22 ...

Industry fund secures stake in asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
A $1.5 billion industry superannuation fund acquired a minority stake in an international asset manager. Christian Super has taken a minority shareholding in responsibility Investments AG, a leading impact asset manager headquartered in Zurich. According ...