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VFMC hires State Super investments chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The chief investment officer of the $43 billion State Super has left the role for a new one at the Victoria Funds Management Corporation. Gary Gabriel joined the VFMC investment team on October 26 as its head of the portfolio management. He will lead ...

Synchron hires from MLC Life

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
Synchron has announced it hired a new state manager from MLC Life Insurance. Sarah Congdon has been appointed as Sychron's new Victorian state manager effective 30 October 2020. Congdon joins Synchron after 10 years as a business development manager ...

First strike at Pengana LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
Pengana International Equities (PIA) faced a first strike against its remuneration report, as about 49.9% of votes went against it. Unitholders of the LIC had two resolutions before them at the October 28 Annual General Meeting: THE reelection of David ...

Link rejects revised offer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
Link Group has rejected another offer made by the consortium which increased its bid to $5.40. The consortium led by Pacific Equity Partners and Carlyle Group increased its offer price on October 26. After careful consideration, Link rejected the offer ...

New super benchmarking flawed: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
The government's new Your Future, Your Super investment performance benchmarking is flawed and will have unintended consequences, according to Rice Warner. Rice Warner said the proposed package to implement some of the recommendations by the Productivity ...

ANZ flags earnings hit

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
ANZ has announced a $528 million impact on its cash profit as a result of remediation costs, accelerated software costs and goodwill write off. Following a product review across ANZ, remediation charges have been increased $97 million from the first ...

HUB24 to acquire Xplore, offloads Paragem

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
HUB24 announced a series of significant transactions, including plans to acquire Xplore Wealth and the sale of its financial advice business. Paying $60 million for Xplore, the platform provider said the proposed acquisition through a scheme of arrangement ...

Boutique builds out executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
An investment advisory boutique which soft launched in September, headed by former PwC chief executive Luke Sayers, has bolstered its leadership team. The Melbourne-based firm is building its executive lineup, appointing several senior managers from ...

Carlyle buys into Calastone, ups Link bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
The Carlyle Group will acquire a majority stake in Calastone, while also announcing it has increased its offer price for Link Group. Carlyle did not disclose the financial terms of its ownership in Calastone but mentioned that it acquired the stake ...

DDO top of ASIC's agenda

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
Design and distributions obligation (DDO) reforms may have been pushed back to October next year as a result of COVID-19 but ASIC said it is top of the priority list for 2021. Speaking to the annual Credit Law Conference, ASIC commissioner Sean Hughes ...