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Frank Casarotti gives his notice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
The long serving Magellan sales lead will retire at the end of 2023, capping more than 40 years in the industry. Frank Casarotti joined Magellan in 2007 as its general manager of distribution and has been in the role ever since. He was hired by Hamish ...

Dodge volatility, invest in global equities: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
When looking for companies to invest in think medium-term, buy sustainable themes, look for opportunities and drip feed or average into the market, a new report says. Paul Wild is a senior fund manager at Pendal Group's wholly owned subsidiary J O Hambro ...

Foord Asset Management enters Australia, mandates EQT

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
Foord Asset Management has expanded into the Australian market, announcing Equity Trustees as responsible entity (RE) for its local offering. The new Foord Global Equity Australian Feeder Fund invests exclusively in the Foord SICAV- Foord Global Equity ...

Andrew Formica to return to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
Andrew Formica will step down as chief executive of Jupiter Fund Management, the role he took on after leaving Janus Henderson in late 2018. Formica has notified Jupiter's board that he intends to retire as chief executive and a director on its ...

ASIC freezes assets of unlicensed property mogul

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
The corporate regulator obtained interim orders from the Federal Court to freeze the assets of Sasha Hopkins and two of his companies, alleging he was misleading clients and running a financial service business without a licence. ASIC alleges that Hopkins ...

Boutique takes over Mason Stevens fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
The recently launched Torica Capital has taken over as investment manager of the Mason Stevens Credit Fund. Torica Capital took over the fund last month, subsequently renaming it the Torica Absolute Return Income Fund. Mason Stevens remains the responsible ...

GDP rises but headwinds abound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
Beating consensus estimates, the Australian GDP rose 0.8% in Q1 and 3.3% year on year. While more positive than expected, the latest figures represented a slowdown from the 3.4% GDP growth realised last quarter. Barclays said the most recent GDP numbers ...

BT answers advisers' top tax time questions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
BT has released its hottest end of financial year tips for advisers; in the mix this year are changes to downsizer contributions, the super guarantee and minimum pension drawdowns. BT Technical Services fields over 2000 queries from financial advisers ...

Twiggy Forrest spends $31m on Australian Agricultural Company

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
The Australian billionaire's family office Tattarang recently purchased $31 million worth of AAC shares, increasing his voting notice in the company substantially. Interestingly, the purchase was not the first acquisition of Australian agricultural ...

Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
The California Senate passed a bill overnight prohibiting the United States' two largest public pension funds from investing in the world's top 200 fossil fuel companies and require them to divest any existing holdings by 2030. The California ...