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CBA chair defends executive bonuses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
The Commonwealth Bank is standing by the way it rewarded bonuses to senior executives between 2015 and 2016, the period it was made aware of potential anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism law breaches, a public inquiry has found. Commonwealth ...

Macquarie wins $50m small cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
Macquarie has won a $50 million mandate from an Australian superannuation fund. Australian Catholic Superannuation (ACS) invested in the Macquarie Small Companies Fund, bringing total FUM in the strategy to $150 million. Over the past five years, the ...

VanEck hires for expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
VanEck Australia strengthened its business development team with appointments from JBWere and Bell Potter Securities. Formerly a financial intermediary's analyst at JBWere, Campbell Stevens has joined VanEck to promote its range of ETFs to financial ...

Colonial First State names new distribution head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
Colonial First State has appointed a new general manager of distribution. Peter Chun has held multiple roles at CFS since joining in 2002, initially as head of super and investments. In between he served as director, product and marketing for Credit ...

Aberdeen LIC ousts portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
The board of Aberdeen Leaders Limited (ALR) will remove Aberdeen Asset Management as its investment manager, following a decision to internalise management functions. ALR said Aberdeen will remain as its manager until January. ALR chair Brian Sherman ...

Magellan soars past $1.5bn for massive IPO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
Magellan's new listed investment trust (LIT) has raised $1.55 billion ahead of listing on the ASX next week - representing one of the largest IPOs for a listed investment vehicle. The Magellan Global Trust represents the next phase of Magellan's ongoing ...

Cromwell divests IOF, reopens fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
ASX-listed Cromwell Property Group will sell its entire stake in an office fund and reopen another fund to investors for $30 million in additional funding. Cromwell will sell down its 9.89% stake in the Investa Office Fund (IOF) to Investa Property ...

SPIVA again scores active versus passive debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
The widely-used SPIVA scorecard, prepared semi-annually by S&P Dow Jones Indices, once again suggests the majority of Australian active managers underperformed their respective benchmarks over the 12 months to 30 June 2017. Describing itself as the ...

Centuria listed funds CEO to step down

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Centuria's chief executive, listed funds will step down from his role in January 2018, transitioning to a support position. Nick Collishaw was appointed to his current role in May 2013. Before that, he was chief executive and managing director of Mirvac ...

Managed Accounts Holdings acquires competitor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
Managed Accounts Holdings will merge with Linear Financial Holdings and the combined entity is already flagging the delivery of a managed accounts solution to Shaw and Partners clients. MGP submitted a non-binding conditional proposal to purchase 100% ...