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Contango sells funds management business for $13m

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
Contango MicroCap has sold its funds management subsidiary. From June 30, the new owner of Contango Asset Management (CAM) will be CAM SPV, an entity created by members of the funds management business's investment team, including CAM chief investment ...

Cbus hiring 30 advice professionals following service launch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Cbus has launched a new financial advice model to deliver to fund members. Prioritising tailored member engagement via advice over the phone, the $33 billion super fund will commence hiring for "30 specialist financial advice service roles" to grow ...

Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
An Australian ETF provider is moving its focus towards fixed income and smart beta in the view that the local market is currently underserving investors. iShares Australia chief executive Jon Howie told the recent Bloomberg Buy-side Forum in Sydney ...

XTBs and SMAs a good match

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... difficulty providing. He said XTBs are part of the ubiquitous ASX data feed, so SMAs are easier to construct for the platform owner. ACBC also released a white paper yesterday that details these thoughts, and takes a wider look at the implications for ...

MSCI delays China A shares inclusion in indices

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Global index provider MSCI has delayed including mainland China-listed equities, known as A shares, in its MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Over recent months Chinese authorities have introduced significant improvements in the accessibility of the China ...

Munich Re pursues divestment from insurance

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
Following a strategic review Munich Re has revealed it is considering divesting its primary insurance arm Great Lakes Australia (GLA). GLA is the Australian branch of Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) SE (Great Lakes) and is a wholly owned subsidiary of ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...

State governments must divest energy networks: CEDA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia is recommending each state government divest or privatise the provision of energy network services, a move that would open opportunities for infrastructure investors. CEDA says to usher in a new phase ...

National dealer group adds two advice firms

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... Queensland-based Legacy Planning and Victoria-based Ellhan Financial Services have signed with the Elders dealer group. Legacy Planning owner and director JosA(C) Pais brings a high level of expertise and knowledge from previous roles at Suncorp as a ...

MLC appoints retail insurance sales GM from BT Life

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
MLC has appointed a new general manager of retail advised insurance sales. Russell Hannah joins MLC from BT Life, where he led the group's specialist insurance sales team, having been acting head of sales - retail wealth products at MLC before that. ...