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GSFM announces strategic partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
GSFM has announced a strategic partnership with an overseas asset management firm. Canada-based Cambridge Global Asset Management will be partnering with GSFM to distribute the Cambridge Global Smaller Companies fund in the Australian and New Zealand ...

NAB, Nippon lock heads over MLC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
The National Australia Bank is clashing with Nippon Life about spinning off MLC as a standalone entity, admitting it is amid "disputing" contractual obligations. NAB revealed in its March 2019 interim financial results this morning a number of disputes ...

Super leaves retirees vulnerable: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... invest all their savings in equities. An additional 43% invest at least some of their savings in the higher growth asset class. According to the report, retirees with accumulation accounts feel tension about whether or not to stay invested in equities ...

New Indian equities ETF to launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... its general elections where 900 million people are expected to vote. International equities were the most attractive asset class to Aussie ETP investors for the year ending March 31 with net inflows of $3 billion taking the total AUM to $20.3 billion ...

Aussie blockchain investor goes global

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... blockchain and distributed ledger technologies in financial services. TCM chief executive Jon Deane said: "Working with world class individuals has always been the focus of TCM Global Asset Management and we believe Grasshopper Capital is extremely complementary ...

Macquarie expands US funds management

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
Macquarie Investment Management has purchased the mutual fund assets of a 145-year-old American financial services organisation. Foresters Investment Management Company which acts as the investment adviser of the First Investors funds entered into a ...

IOOF responds to class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
IOOF has responded to being served with a class action proceeding filed by Quinn Emanuel Urqhart & Sullivan. On Friday the law firm announced it had filed proceedings against IOOF,based on evidence given at the Royal Commission and legal proceedings ...

Australian fund caught in email scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
The board of a $5 billion Australian government fund, run by several former investment bankers, has been admonished for using non-official email accounts to conduct business with political and commercial sensitivities. The Auditor General said some ...

Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... recent string of fund merger announcements points to this not being an isolated occurrence." The five fastest growing asset class categories over the year came mostly from alternatives: ESG and ethical investments (up 37%), private equity (up 24%), other ...

ASIC delays choice product dashboards

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... Currently, superannuation funds with more than five members must disclose dashboards for MySuper products only. ASIC has amended Class Order CO 14/443 to defer choice super product providers' obligations until 1 July 2023. "This will allow further ...