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SMSFs can meet aspirational lifestyle: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... retirement windfall, with enough in savings to fund "aspirational" lifestyles worth $100,000 a year. Accurium general manager Doug McBirnie said the firm estimates around 40% of 65-year-old SMSF couples and 46% of singles have saved enough to be confident ...

Standard Life Aberdeen chair steps down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
The co-founder of Standard Life Aberdeen is stepping down from his position as chair of the Standard Life Aberdeen board. Martin Gilbert advised he will not seek re-election at the company's annual general meeting in May next year and agreed with the ...

Saxo partners for new reporting service

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... clients to a platform offering access to 36 international exchanges and over 40,000 instruments. Sharesight chief executive Doug Morris said: "Sharesight clients have tended to have a high portfolio weighting to Aussie shares and are not that exposed ...

Magellan posts bumper profits, raising $275m

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
Magellan Financial Group reported a 78% jump in its profit for the financial year ending June and announced a $275 million institutional raise for MFG shares this morning. Magellan's stable of well-performing equities funds are now managing an average ...

New chief at CBA Group Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... Fellowship at MIT's Sloan School of Management. Upon his return in 2017, Durbin secured the general manager, strategy position. Doug Carmichael has been chief executive of CBA Group Super since 2010. He announced his retirement in March this year.

Magellan changes board responsibilities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
Magellan Financial Group has made changes to board responsibilities, including a new deputy chair for the company. Hamish McLennan has been appointed as deputy chair of Magellan Financial Group, second to Hamish Douglass who is chair of the ASX-listed ...

Managed Account Awards finalists revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
The Institute of Managed Account Professionals (IMAP) has announced the finalists of the 2019 Managed Account Awards. The awards cover single sector asset classes and multi-asset class programs with a range of risk profiles or other goal based objectives. ...

VGI Partners' dual pitch to investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
The Sydney hedge fund manager is raising $300 million for an existing listed investment company and $75 million to list its wider business. VGI Partners Global Investments Limited (ASX: VG1) completed a $98 million placement to sophisticated investors ...

Couple faces prison over ponzi-style scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
A ponzi-style investment scheme that defrauded Collingwood Magpies fans out of more than $800,000 has seen one man convicted on dishonesty charges while his wife is already serving time for fraud offences. Douglas Johnston was found guilty on nine dishonesty ...

Swiss Re to manage Freedom remediation

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... Freedom has also appointed two new directors to its board as it moves ahead winding up its business. Former Fairfax director Doug Halley and James Green have been appointed as non-executive directors on Freedom Insurance Group's board, it said in company ...