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Economic recovery has been stronger than expected: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... to take some time before we reach our goals." Lowe said it is of the upmost importance that business investment kick into gear and pointed to many opportunities for investment in IT, digitisation, and data science. "Investment in these areas is critical ...

Business investment slow to click into gear: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Phillip Lowe has expressed his concerns over the slow uptake of business investment in Australia, which he said is slowing economic recovery. Lowe said a durable recovery from COVID-19 requires a strong and sustained ...

Colonial Super Retirement Fund rejigs managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
Colonial Super Retirement Fund and CMLA options have made changes including external managers for nearly 45 options. The changes are effective April 2021 and apply to 19 products available via Colonial Super Retirement Fund and other products issued ...

360 Capital fund buys stake in NZ manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
360 Capital's REIT has acquired a 50% stake in a real estate fund manager. The 360 Capital REIT (ASX: TOT) acquired half of PMG Funds, which is based in New Zealand and has NZ$665 million in total funds under management. The sale price of NZ$17.5 million ...

AMP Capital names new executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
AMP Capital has named a new head of distribution, retail and advisory, promoting from within. Steve Mazzarelli has taken on the position, having worked with AMP Capital for over 14 years. Mazzarelli joined AMP Capital in 2006, departing his position ...

Maple-Brown Abbott finetunes Aussie equities lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The Sydney boutique is winding up its geared Australian equities fund after underperformance and dwindling assets, while trimming the fees on two others. Maple-Brown Abbott 's Australian Geared Equity Fund has been around since 2002 and uses leverage ...

CFM local head takes on new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2021
Capital Fund Management's Asia Pacific head has left the business, as it winds up its two Australian funds and gears up for new launches. Stephen Shepherd, who was managing director and head of Asia Pacific at CFM for two and a half years, has joined ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
Of the almost 3500 stories penned this year, these are the stories the Financial Standard team feels defined 2020. The Financial Standard editorial team has written 3484 stories so far in 2020. It wasn't always easy either. Like most of you, we ...

Departure at Perpetual small caps team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
A UBS sell-side analyst who joined Perpetual's small caps team last year has left. Dean Fremder was hired as a dedicated small caps analyst last year to assist lead manager Jack Collopy in 2019 after seven years at UBS's small-cap sales desk ...

Wells Fargo sets sights on Aussie super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
Wells Fargo Asset Management is gearing up to make its mark on the Australian superannuation system, confirming to Financial Standard that it has been in discussions with major super funds. Wells Fargo head of international distribution Deirdre Flood ...