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Colonial First State appoints inaugural chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... capable executive with a proven track record that has seen him deliver impressive customer and business outcomes in a variety of settings," Coombe said. "I know that Clive will make a significant contribution to CFS and ensure we deliver on our ambitious ...

VanEck to launch three fixed income ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... VanEck chief executive Arian Neiron said: "This is a first of a kind ETF product suite in Australia which comprises a variety of Australian government bonds at varying maturity levels." "Our offering of Australian government bonds comes to market at ...

Older Aussies are retirement illiterate: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... pensioners' assets rather than the amounts they drawdown," he said. Aged care also weighs heavily on retirees' minds for a variety of reasons, ranging from human vulnerability to the incidence of dementia and the possibility of family disputes. "Whilst ...

CalPERS investment chief tenders resignation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... interim chief investment officer while the fund undertakes a global search for a permanent replacement. Bienvenue has held a variety of roles at CalPERS since joining in 2004, prior to which he worked at Barclays Global Investors overseeing a $55 billion ...

Foresters Financial launches tax-effective education bond

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2023
... grandparents, relatives, and friends. Foresters chief executive Emma Sakellaris said: "A key aspect of education bonds is the variety of ways it can be used and the flexibility it provides, including tax benefits, estate planning and generational transfer ...

Insignia offloads investment bonds unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
... 180,000 and estimated funds under management of more than $3.2 billion". "People use investment bonds to prepare for a variety of key life events, such as education, housing, health and aged care, and estate planning and we look forward to working with ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary issue?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... Bouchard added. "The more managers can demonstrate the value of ESG strategies, the more successful they will be with a wide variety of investors," Jayda Etienne of Preqin First Close said. She says higher levels of ESG transparency drive growth, and ...

Asset managers dismiss liquidity risks: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... administrator Link Group recently settled with the FCA to compensate victims. When it comes to liquidity stress testing, a wide variety of methods are in use. Some methodologies were insufficient to assess actual liquidity of the portfolio, using assumptions ...

ASX consultation: Time to say goodbye to mFund?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... ASX, greater operational flexibility at a fund level compared to other structures, and the ability to implement a wide variety of different underlying assert classes, securities, and investment strategies within the structure. Nevertheless, given the ...

AustralianSuper posts solid return for FY23

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... relatively resilient with consumer spending holding up well over the year," Delaney said. "We have also responded to a variety of significant investment challenges, including write downs in some property assets to account for falling values." Last financial ...