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Former Deutsche director joins EQT

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
Equity Trustees hired a former Deutsche institutional sales director as an investment specialist. Grant Mundell joined the firm earlier this month as an investment specialist in its asset management team, with a remit to work closely with its philanthropy ...

Complexity of grandfathered commissions overlooked

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
In a new policy paper, Association of Financial Advisers general manager, policy and professionalism Phil Anderson argues that the complexity of grandfathered commissions has been overlooked by policy makers. Anderson states in the paper that the 2012 ...

AustralianSuper appoints new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
The $170 billion superannuation fund has appointed its new chair, succeeding Heather Ridout. The board of AustralianSuper has appointed Don Russell as independent chair of the fund. He will replace Heather Ridout who has held the role since 2013 and ...

Chief economist update: Morrison, Frydenberg cannot have their surplus and eat it too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
Recent headlines underscore what Financial Standard had been ranting about months before. Those rants include The general economic uncertainty wouldn't be sufficient to prod businesses and consumers to invest and spend, even if interest rates were ...

Results of ASIC MDA review imminent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
The Institute of Managed Accounts Professionals (IMAP) has released its submission to ASIC as the regulator reviews managed accounts, with a special focus on managed discretionary accounts (MDAs). This comes ahead of the results of ASIC's review of ...

Chief economist update: RBA cuts official cash rate to 0.75%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
This will be the headline flashing on your screens at around 230 in the afternoon of Tuesday, October 1, after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) concludes its scheduled board meeting. In his address to the Armidale Business Chamber, RBA governor Philip ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... published as a part of a November 2018 report on retirement income adequacy. This included Industry Super Australia's Phil Gallagher who called the analysis "deeply flawed", the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Rice Warner's ...

New NAB chief start date announced

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
NAB has announced Ross McEwan will take the reins as the group's new chief executive before the year's end. Ross McEwan will step down from his role as chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland on October 31 and commence as chief of NAB onDecember ...

Climate change to erode returns: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
A report from Frontier Advisors warns the economic drag related to climate change will wipe out 0.25% of superannuation returns. This is the first time the consultancy has revised its long-term assumptions based specifically on the effects of climate ...

CFS awards Asian equities mandate

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Colonial First State has awarded a mandate to a global asset manager for its Asian equities strategy. Robeco has won the mandate for an undisclosed amount to manage CFS's high-conviction, unconstrained, Asian equities mandate that looks to integrate ...