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Group risk inflows fall 15%

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
New research from actuary Plan For Life has found that overall group risk premium inflows fell 15% over the 12 months to June, with fresh legislation to blame. This includes the 'Protecting Your Super' legislation, which came into effect on 1 July 2019 ...

BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... colleague. Wiseman joined BlackRock in September 2016 after spending more than a decade at CPP Investments, a Canadian fund manager, where he served as president and chief executive for four of those years. He now chairs the board of Alberta Investment ...

VGI Partners co-founder steps down from board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... in the capabilities of our investment team of 12 professionals in Sydney, New York and Tokyo." In August the hedge fund manager reported a 59% decrease in its profits in the six months to June 30 at $3.6 million compared to the same period the year prior ...

ASIC cleans up 'cash plus' funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
ASIC found 14 'cash' funds with $7 billion in assets had confusing or inappropriate labelling, resulting in changes to names, asset allocations or in one case, even a closure. The corporate regulator found some funds that labelled themselves as 'cash ...

Bermuda-based fund launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... the Bermuda Monetary Authority. The master fund has been investing in life settlements since April 2013, with the fund manager arguing that life settlements is a "credible fixed income alternative". Alongside a near zero correlation to equity markets ...

Boutique extends GBST partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Warakirri Asset Management has extended its partnership with after-tax investment-focused service provider GBST for its superannuation clients to include international indices. Warakirri and GBST have worked together for a decade, providing custom after-tax ...

Lonsec bolsters investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Lonsec has made several appointments to its investment research team, as it moves to bolster its fund manager research capabilities. Peter Green has nabbed a role as sector manager of Australian equities and will lead Lonsec's coverage of Australian ...

Contango approves new WCM strategy

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... investors to exist their investment at or near NTA of CIE. "We query why WCM Investment Management, a California-based fund manager who prides itself on a strict assessment of 'culture' in their own investment process, would be so willing to ...

Geoff Wilson feels sorry for CLF shareholders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
WAM chair Geoff Wilson has said he feels sorry for CLF shareholders after Concentrated Leaders Fund has rejected a takeover bid proposed by WAM Capital. WAM chair Geoff Wilson told Financial Standard : "I actually feel sorry for CLF shareholders as ...

Zenith hires consultants from Lonsec

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... of consulting Steven Tang said. "Being able to closely track and quickly communicate financial market changes and fund manager insights to advisers, let alone support them to make timely and necessary changes to their managed account portfolios over ...