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Star global equity manager to launch in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
Denver-based fund manager Marsico Capital Management is going head-to-head with the likes of Magellan and Platinum, bringing its top-performing global equity strategy to Australian institutional investors. The boutique, headed by star manager Tom Marsico ...

Gradual progress on super fund digital engagement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
Superannuation funds have made only incremental progress towards greater digital engagement with their member base over the last 12 months. Technology, operations and risk consultancy firm IQ Group surveyed Australia's top 50 super funds with combined ...

Mercer handed fine for unlicensed advice in Singapore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has fined Mercer Singapore S$15,000 ($15,100) for contraventions of the Financial Advisers Act. On 18 August, Mercer Singapore accepted composition amounts of $10,000 for contravention of section 23B(3) of the FAA ...

Blue Sky adds maths software company

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
Blue Sky Private Equity has made a multi-million investment for a significant minority share of education technology company ORIGO Education, which provides cloud-based primary school mathematics software. The capital will allow the company, which was ...

Future Generation IPO raises $300m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
Future Generation Global Investment Company (FGG) has listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) having raised $302.1 million in its initial public offering (IPO). The listed investment company (LIC) is a fund of funds that gives investors access ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
Magellan Financial Group has outgrown its 1960s office block on Sydney's Castlereagh Street and co-founder Hamish Douglass is looking for new premises. But the manager of the highly successful Magellan Global Fund is worried the sites he's been shown ...

FIIG offers Apple bonds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Fixed income specialist FIIG Securities has added Apple bonds to its DirectBonds Service, giving private investors, SMSFs and clients of financial planners their first chance to access the bonds. Like the 300-plus other bonds on the DirectBonds list ...

Charter Hall industrial funds swell

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Charter Hall has acquired around $700 million in industrial assets since 1 July 2015, bringing the group's total industrial and logistics funds under management to $3.5 billion. The $700 million in acquisitions over the past three months have been acquired ...

Afiniation adds weight to Citi fintech initiative

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Fintech network Afiniation has announced it will work with Citi on the global financial services firm's latest financial technology initiative. The Citi Mobile Challenge in Asia Pacific is referred to by the bank as a "next-generation accelerator" that ...

BetaShares grows distribution team

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Exchange traded fund (ETF) provider BetaShares has grown its distribution team with the appointment of a national manager - adviser services. Tania Smyth joins the company's adviser services team and will support financial advisers in their adoption ...