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WAM makes alternatives play

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Geoff Wilson's $3 billion Wilson Asset Management has acquired the management rights for embattled alternatives investment company Blue Sky. On May 20 last year, Blue Sky Alternative Investments announced it had been forced into receivership, with Oaktree ...

ME Bank chief resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
ME Bank chief executive Jamie McPhee has resigned after weathering scrutiny over the bank's adjusting of redraw facilities for mortgage customers and its relationship with the industry funds that own it. McPhee, who has been chief executive for ...

Macquarie tops mandate league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
Local institutional investors handed out $43.5 billion of funds management mandates in the year to March end and Macquarie had the most wins, latest league tables from Rainmaker show. Superannuation funds, investment managers (via sub-advisory relationships) ...

WAM makes replacement bid for Keybridge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
Despite ongoing legal action between the pair, WAM Active has made an official replacement bid to acquire Keybridge Capital shares at an offer price of 6.9 cents per share. The new offer is higher than the previous offer of 6.5 cents per share, made ...

IFM adds to leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
IFM Investors strengthened its leadership by appointing a former politician as an executive director in its UK business. The industry super-owned global asset manager appointed former British Labour MP and Shadow Minister of State for Pensions Gregg ...

ISA plays devil's advocate on SG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Industry Super Australia's internal analysis has explored the other side of the superannuation guarantee debate, finding the costs of an increase in mandated savings may be shared between both employers and workers. A piece of internal analysis ...

FASEA extension hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
The extensions that will allow financial advisers an extra year to complete the FASEA exam and two years to complete the FASEA education requirements was returned to the House of Representatives after an amendment was sought. Despite being introduced ...

WAM responds to Keybridge claims

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
Wilson Asset Management has responded to allegations by Keybridge Capital, noting the investment manager has already failed twice in previous attempts to obtain orders of this kind. WAM Active said it was seeking appropriate legal advice and would respond ...

IFM Investors hits back at MP demanding probe

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Greg Combet has written to Standing Economics Committee chair Tim Wilson, rejecting the latter's claims of a conflict of interest in IFM's business and the demand for an APRA investigation into industry funds. Last month, Wilson wrote to APRA asking ...

Asgard, Future Super shamed on ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
At a hearing of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that was supposed to focus on ME Bank's recent troubles, the super funds performing poorly in terms of early release copped surprise criticism. APRA had advised that early ...