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Fund added to Macquarie Wrap

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
Melbourne-based boutique fund manager L1 Capital's Long Short Fund has been added to Macquarie's investment and super wrap menu. The fund, which recently received a "Recommended" rating from both Zenith Investment Partners and Lonsec Research, was launched ...

Super wealth reaches record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... $1.5 trillion compared to 2011. Of the aggregated household wealth of $9.4 trillion, $6.11 trillion was held in residential land and housing, $1 trillion was invested in cash deposits and some $798 billion in shares. Monash Investors co-portfolio manager ...

NAB Wealth hire targets growth

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
A new appointment at NAB Wealth will further the bank's push to grow its adviser network. Former AMP dealer group executive Stephen Carton will join NAB Wealth as the new business growth manager of strategic alliances and growth for Queensland and the ...

BlackRock's Fink commends Aussie infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... competitive returns. "This is an area where America lags the rest of the world today. Fly into London, Zurich, or Sydney and you land at a privately owned airport. In the US, by contrast, virtually every major airport is owned by a government entity," ...

Coles sheds life insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
Supermarket giant Coles quietly exited the life insurance industry less than three years after launching a directly distributed offer. As of 1 January 2017, Coles Life Insurance policy holders became customers of MetLife - the insurer whose MetLife ...

Philanthropy Australia names recipients of annual industry awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Leading Australian philanthropists were honoured for the impact of their giving at the 2017 Philanthropy Australia Awards held this week in Melbourne. The prestigious 2017 Leading Philanthropist Award went to documentary filmmaker Ian Darling who has ...

Philanthropy report offers valuable insights for NFPs: Perpetual

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Collective and collaborative giving is on the rise in Australia, with more than a third of philanthropists suggesting they give as a group as well as individually. The latest giving patterns of high-net-worth (HNW) and institutional givers was released ...

Adviser sentiment turns corner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The negativity around life insurance adviser sentiment is starting to turn a corner, according to new research from Zurich. Adviser sentiment improved marginally from 4.1 points in December 2015 to 4.2 points in February 2017, according to the Risk ...

Responsible investing demand unstoppable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
Global demand for ethical investment strategies and products is putting more pressure on asset managers to generate returns beyond hard performance numbers. Australia and New Zealand held A$675 billion in sustainable investment assets in 2016, or 50.6% ...

CBA CFO to retire, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
Commonwealth Bank group chief financial officer David Craig will step down from the role at the close of the financial year, with the bank naming his successor. In announcing Craig's retirement, CBA chief executive Ian Narev described him as a linchpin ...