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Wilson to raise $550m for philanthropic LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... Australia. The Future Generation Global Investment Company Limited (FGG) will have a diversified exposure to a selection of global fund managers and will replicate the concept of the Future Generation Investment Company (FGX). Launched last year, FGX ...

FEATURE: The infrastructure love story

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... that they necessitate a strategic response," Birrell says. Likely to form part of this strategic response will be global fund manager IFM Investors, who has "some of Australia's most significant businesses" in its portfolio. IFM Investors head of infrastructure ...

China's surging funds management market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
The surging Chinese stock market is retilting the balance of the global funds management market towards China much faster than anticipated. The Chinese stock market is expected to climb to US$10 trillion by the end of this year, driven by huge rises ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Australia has come dead last in a study of portfolio disclosure standards across 29 countries. The Morningstar Global Fund Investor Experience Report assesses managed fund investor experiences in 25 countries (expanded to 29 for the published article) ...

Ghost fund flogger banned

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... of Active Capital Managers, which advertised on its website an Exalt Managed Futures Fund, issued by manager Exalt Global Fund. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found that the fund did not exist and had never existed and that ...

J.P.Morgan makes Australian appointment amid global restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... the region." The manager expects to make a similar announcement for the northern region in the coming months. The global fund manager made the announcement days after chief executive James Dimon announced that 5,000 jobs would be cut globally. Speaking ...

Acadian buys CFS stake, becomes independent

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
Global fund manager Acadian Asset Management has bought the 50% stake that Colonial First State (CFS) had in the firm's Australian division. After becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary, Acadian has appointed CFS as sole distributor of its investment strategies ...

CBA exec to head Westpac Institutional Bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
A top Commonwealth Bank (CBA) executive has been appointed group executive of Westpac Institutional Bank (WIB) following the departure of Rob Whitfield. CBA executive general manager of retail products and third party banking Lyn Cobley will head WIB ...

Instos demanding multi-asset alternative strategies

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... Perpetual following its recent 'Tapping into the World's Capital' event in Sydney. The fund manager gathered select global fund specialists to share insights with local asset managers into what today's retail and institutional investors are looking for ...

QIC extends partnership with Northern Trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... in the provision of consistent and high-quality outcomes delivered to clients worldwide. Northern Trust's head of global fund services for Asia-Pacific, Peter Jordan, said as fund manager clients continue to navigate an evolving regulatory landscape ...