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New 'cash plus' style sovereign bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... distributed by Sydney multi-boutique Channel Capital. The new fund is currently awaiting ratings but has been raising money via financial advisers with a past relationship with the boutique through its other strategies.

ACSRF, NGS Super explore merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... with a merger potentially happening by late 2021 though they haven't yet set a fixed date. The merger will be conducted via a successor fund transfer (as opposed to an extended public officer licence, as with Equipsuper and Catholic Super which retained ...

Wealthy Aussies panic buy life insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... reputation of insurers has taken a battering amidst COVID-19 and HNW investors will be more likely to buy insurance products via a third party they already have a well-established relationship and trust. This means now is clearly the time for wealth ...

Melbourne boutique deepens Canadian ties

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... formerly of K2 Advisors as the chief investment officer. A quarter of its equity is owned by GSFM. The Canadian connection comes via GSFM'S Canadian investor CI, which took an 80% stake in the Aussie multi-boutique in 2016. About $500 million of Munro's ...

Contango dumps investment strategy, opens raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... franked to the maximum possible extent and if unable to pay a dividend, undertakes to return an appropriate amount of capital via an on-market buyback. Despite this, the underperforming LIC has not been able to generate sufficient distributable profits ...

Embattled AMP sees wealth earnings dive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... strategy. "The proceeds have strengthened our capital position, enabling us to return to $544 million to our shareholders via a special dividend and a $200 million share buy-back, subject to market conditions," De Ferrari said. AMP announced a fully ...

Global manager launches China A-shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... history in managing China share portfolios. In 2015, it had the first UCITs fund in the word to connect in onshore China stocks via Stock Connect. The new launch builds from Ninety One's 2014 launch of the 4Factor All China Equity strategy (in USD) ...

Boutique launches multi-asset fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... yield. Neutral asset allocation will be 60% defensive assets and 40% growth assets. The fund is permitted to obtain leverage via short selling (set at maximum 10% of gross asset value) or derivatives. It is managed by David Lewis (also the deputy chief ...

Macquarie to transfer legacy pension product

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
Macquarie will transition pension members in its legacy SuperOptions product to a wrap style pension product, in a bid to lower administration fees and expand the investment offering. Macquarie closed the SuperOptions product to new members in June ...

ERS doesn't justify higher SG: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... withdraw their super, but not by as much as might be thought," Grattan said. "The pension means test means that the government, via higher pension payments, makes up much of what's lost." The modelling shows that a typical (median income) 35-year-old ...