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Daniel Crennan resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
ASIC deputy chair Daniel Crennan has resigned following revelations his remuneration exceeded the regulator's salary cap. Senator Mathias Cormann tabled a statement from Crennan during Senate Estimates this morning at the request of Treasury. "In ...

ASIC chair steps aside pending pay review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
ASIC chair James Shipton has stepped aside pending the outcome of a review into his remuneration arrangements. Tabling the 2019/20 ASIC annual report today and addressing the Senate Estimates committee, Shipton flagged certain relocation expenses incurred ...

Pendal appoints head of institutional

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
Pendal Group has hired an IFM Investors executive director as its new head of institutional for Australia which has $19.8 billion in assets. Nicki Ashton will start in the role on November 9 and report to Pendal's head of Australian distribution ...

AustralianSuper ratings slide at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
AustralianSuper is the latest casualty in Morningstar's ratings rejig, as three options with nearly 86% of its total $180 billion slide to the lowest analyst rating of "bronze". The superannuation fund's $135 billion balanced option, $13.5 billion high ...

IOOF fund operations lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
IOOF's head of fund operations has farewelled the group after more than two decades. A spokesperson for IOOF has confirmed the departure of Steven Sorraghan, head of fund operations. His leaving marks the end of a lengthy career with the group, as Sorraghan ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
It may have gone up and down and round and round but the US equity market has trended higher and higher and is outperforming its peers. Despite topping the list of total cases of coronavirus infections (8.6 million), new cases (0.6 million) and deaths ...

AustralianSuper backs cobalt miner

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
The industry fund was a cornerstone investor in an ASX-listed mining stock's $45 million equity raise. AustralianSuper invested $18.5 million in Jervois Mining, representing nearly 40% of the total raise. It bought at 20.5 cents per JRV share, which ...

QSuper head of advice exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
The head of QSuper's advice unit has departed after the superannuation fund restructured its financial-advice offering to members. Kim Hughes, who was appointed as the $110 billion superannuation fund's chief of advice for QInvest in February 2019 ...

Chief economist update: Middle Kingdom on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
China's cruel to be kind policy continues to pay dividends. Criticised and condemned they may be, but the swift and continued improvement in the economy prove that the Politburo's draconian restriction and lockdown measures implemented at the ...

American manager eyes local market

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
An American manager has partnered with local distributor Brookvine to pitch its flagship systematic global macro strategy. Welton Investment Partners is 15-year-old quantitative investor that manages money for institutional, endowment and private investors ...