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WAM makes proposition plans public

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... instead be managed by a California-based global and emerging markets equities manager, WCM Investment Management. Contango AM is run by Martin Switzer, the son of Australian financial commentator Peter Switzer. The fund has approximately 5000 total shareholders ...

Industry veterans launch dealer group

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Two advice industry stalwarts have launched a new dealer group promising to save advisers time and money. Finchley & Kent opened for business on July 1 after four years of development by co-founders Sam El Shammaa and Phil Alexander. While they acknowledge ...

Praemium shows growth in crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... market downturn following the COVID-19 pandemic, the transmission of a major Australian platform client and outflows from the run-off of the Smartfund 80% Protected range of funds." The platform provider said it is now focused on completing the conditional ...

Top performing Aussie equity funds unveiled

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Australian Unity, Lakehouse and Plato were among the Australian equity wholesale managed funds that managed to outperform the index in the latest Rainmaker Information analysis to June end. Australian Unity Platypus Australian Equities came out on top ...

FSU wants CBA to up pay

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
The Commonwealth Bank is in the final stages of enterprise bargaining, with the Financial Services Union using the bank's full year results as evidence rises are needed. Despite taking an 11.3% profit hit due to the impacts of COVID-19, CBA managed ...

De Ferrari refuses to discuss Wade

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... the media. It is really important; I hope you all understand this is not me trying to evade the question. "I am trying to run a business that delivers for clients and shareholders. It is important that I am able to tell the story of all the fantastic ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... increased exposures to risk assets in the second quarter; however their allocations to equities remained lower than the long-run average (34.5%). Ongoing uncertainty, illustrated by record high gold prices, implied volatilities and the popularity of ...

Warakirri launches retail funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... allowing investors to add negative or positive screens from Warakirris' proprietary ethical overlay. "We have successfully run ethical portfolios for not-for-profit and other wholesale investors since 1993 and are seeing increased demand from advisers ...

Boutique launches multi-asset fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
New Zealand's Milford Asset Management is launching an income-focussed, multi-asset fund to the Australian market, in its third local launch. The Milford Diversified Income Fund (AU) will invest in fixed interest and equity income generating securities. ...

Perpetual launches two ESG funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
Perpetual Investments has launched two ESG global equities funds from Trillium for the Australia and New Zealand market. The first, Trillium ESG Global Equity Fund hold 70-150 stocks, excluding fossil fuels and integrating ESG research. Perpetual has ...