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Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
These are the 2018 Financial Standard stories to have in your back pocket for summer discussions around the barbeque. Shuttering dividend cash loophole to hit SMSFs In March the ALP proposed to eliminate cash refunds from excess dividend imputation ...

Asset manager appoints CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... a co-manager of diversified portfolios in 2012. In 2016, he was named MFS's global director of research. MFS is an active manager with US$458 billion in assets under management from institutional and individual investors across the world.

One small step for responsible investment sees one giant leap for Man Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
Global active manager Man Group can now quantify the degree of responsible investment focus across its entire suite of funds. It adds clarity for institutional investors demanding greater ESG transparency. The $158 billion (US$114bn) investment manager's ...

Long-serving platform expert jumps ship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
A senior business development manager from managedaccounts.com.au moves to BT Financial Group. After 10 years of working as a business development manager at managedaccounts.com.au, in charge of NSW and Queensland clients, Paul La Macchia is taking ...

Industry fund awards $180m fixed income mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... will provide a core income stream from global fixed income. "The cornerstone of Payden's investment philosophy is that active management of fixed income investments should focus on managing risk consistent with the spirit of the investment guidelines ...

Portfolio implementation delays costing investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
The speedier implementation of portfolio changes enabled by managed accounts can have a significant impact on investors' wealth, latest Lonsec analysis shows. Citing responsiveness as a key benefit of managed accounts, Lonsec measured the hypothetical ...

CFS swaps global equities managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... mandate as it reviews the manager lineup for its $3.8 billion multi-manager global equities fund. In a change that became active last Friday, Boston-based quant manager Arrowstreet Capital took over the management of 16% of the portfolio from another ...

Former Liberal Party leader joins Islamic super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
A former Liberal Party leader has joined the board of a $250 million Islamic superannuation fund. John Hewson will join the board of Crescent Wealth as it prepares for significant growth in 2019. Hewson led the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. Hewson ...

MLC admin error hits superannuation DB members

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... defined benefit members under its existing Exxon Plum Super Sub Plan in 2013. Rainmaker data shows there are about 700 active defined benefit members in the plan. It is understood that access to Plum's defined benefit website is temporarily unavailable. ...

Bentham AM launches mFund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... whatever vehicle comes in. Bentham sits under Challenger's Fidante banner, which this week embarked on a series of active ETFs. "We never rule anything [ETFs] out, we may consider something in the future but right now we are focused on this," he ...