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Aussie investors calm about next 12 months

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
Seven in 10 Australian investors are confident about opportunities in the next 12 months, a sentiment that is more bullish than global counterparts. Research from Legg Mason polled 16,810 active direct investors globally, including 1000 Australians ...

Freedom ditches life insurance sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... likelihood it will face a liquidity crisis next year. The board of the embattled insurer has decided to search for alternative business models after a strategic review headed by Deloitte found new sales of its life products is no longer viable. Further ...

WAM names prospective Blue Sky LIC team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... would also look to appoint Andy Smith to the investment committee. He has previously worked as a strategic advisor in alternative assets, private equity and private debt for sovereign wealth funds including Future Fund and NZ Super. Under the proposal ...

Superannuation funds ramp up co-investment opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... for smaller funds that could not previously access the asset class, the report said. This has been in the form of "alternative property" such as medical, healthcare, storage, business parks and retirement villages. About 60% of Australian super funds ...

Blue Sky LIC adds new directors, denied pay rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
Two new board directors have been appointed to oversee the Blue Sky Alternative Access Fund. At the same time, a six-figure aggregate increase to the annual remuneration of non-executive directors was not approved by shareholders. Based on proxy forms ...

BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
The $9 trillion manager's Asia Pacific business has a new head as its incumbent moves to a global role. BlackRock's current head of corporate strategy and senior managing director Geraldine Buckingham is taking on the APAC head and chair role. ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... despite this same member presumably being entitled to receive a refund of excess franking credits had they chosen an alternative retirement savings vehicle. "The same applies to new SMSFs established on or after 28 March 2018. These funds will not be ...

Fund manager launches HNW advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... appointed chief executive Rod Bristow said the private wealth business helps fill a gap in the market by offering an alternative to the large institutions for clients seeking a trusted partner and quality financial advice. "Our mission is to partner ...

Blue Sky names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
The former chief executive of Hastings Funds Management was named the new chair of Blue Sky Alternative Investments at an AGM that also saw the announcement of a new stakeholder in the business to accelerate its rebuild. Andrew Day will succeed John ...

KPMG hires from Macquarie

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... transactions. In her new role, Brewer will lead and maintain KPMG's relationships with domestic superannuation funds and alternative capital markets. She will also assist the delivery of transactions services in the business, drawing on her deep industry ...