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Magellan chief executive resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021

The chief executive of Magellan, Brett Cairns, has resigned for personal reasons. The fund manager's chief financial officer Kristen Morton is stepping in as interim chief executive. Morton has been chief financial officer at Magellan for more than ...

Magellan director steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON | FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021

A long standing non-executive director at Magellan Financial Group has announced his retirement from the board. Paul Lewis first joined the board in 2006 and was also chair of the remuneration and nominations committee and a member of the audit and ...

Magellan adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON | MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020

Magellan Financial Group has welcomed a non-executive director with extensive experience in the retail industry to its board. Colette Garnsey has over 40 years' experience in retail, marketing and distribution and is currently the chair of Australian ...

Magellan axes currency hedging in trust

ANNABELLE DICKSON | THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020

A Magellan trust has removed its currency hedging strategy to reduce the downside risk to the portfolio when equity markets and the value of the Australian dollar are both declining. Magellan High Conviction Trust will move to an unhedged approach to ...

Hearts and Minds donates almost $10m to charity

ALLY SELBY | TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020

Listed investment company Hearts and Minds Investments (ASX: HM1) will donate $5.1 million to 10 charities this week, in addition to the $4.1 million it already donated in March. HM1 and its participating fund managers forego any investment or management ...

Magellan to restructure retail global equities funds

KANIKA SOOD | MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020

Magellan is seeking unitholder approval to create a mega fund of $15 billion that would combine the investment pools of the unlisted, ETF and LIT versions of the Magellan Global Fund. Magellan will create a single trust and issue two unit classes - ...

Magellan launches listed active ETF fund

ALLY SELBY | THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020

Hamish Douglass' Magellan Financial Group has launched a listed active ETF fund in partnership with Airlie Funds Management, with promises of reducing friction and costs for investors. The Airlie Australian Share Fund will commence trading on the ASX ...

Hamish Douglass remains confident amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY | FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020

Magellan chair and chief investment officer Hamish Douglass believes COVID-19 could lead to near total economic shutdown, but says his global equities portfolio is well positioned to withstand the current volatile environment. To reduce risk, Douglass ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY | MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020

US stocks are not expensive, despite their stretched valuations. In fact, it's all just a matter of "gravity" or the historically low interest rate environment, according to Magellan's Hamish Douglass. Speaking to a near-full crowd at the firm's ...

Stamping fees consultation kicks off

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020

Treasury has announced a four-week consultation into "stamping fees" paid by fund managers to advisers and brokers for exchange-listed funds, as public scrutiny into the practice mounts. The Future of financial Advice (FoFA) reforms in 2013 put an end ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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