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WAM CIO steps down from LIC board

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... non-executive director of a WAM-managed listed investment company. Chris Stott retired from the board of Century Australia Investments, which invests in the S&P/ASX 300. WAM was appointed as investment manager for the LIC in April 2017. The Century board ...

Venerable US manager eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... US-based global investment manager with about $226 billion in assets is opening its first Australian office. American Century Investments, established in 1958, has expanded into Sydney and appointed Michelle Kidd as vice president, institutional advisory ...

Regulatory disruption hampers long-term vision for super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... communication, advice, long-term, sustainable investments and retirement income frameworks all require responsible, 21st century thinking and solutions," she said. "We must also address some of the issues that have plagued our industry for some time ...

WAM LIC appoints director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... invests about $3 billion on behalf of retail investors, manages five other LICs: WAM Microcap, WAM Research, Century Australia, WAM Leaders and WAM Capital.

Super funds partner to tackle the coal problem

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... reason for this is the global push towards meeting the Paris Agreement's goal of ensuring a global temperature rise this century of no more than 2A,C. On top of this, multiple coal-fired generators have closed in Australia over the past 10 years, raising ...

Perennial loses Century LIC mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
Listed investment company Century Australia Investments ended its seven-year arrangement with Perennial Value Management, appointing a new investment manager as part of a major restructure. In Perennial's stead, Wilson Asset Management will now be Century's ...

BlackRock's Fink commends Aussie infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... said. Fink said the strong municipal finance system that helped build infrastructure in the United States in the mid-20th Century resulted in the country never developing a healthy market for private infrastructure investment. He added private capital ...

Human Super pitches product designed for women

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... wife are still receiving paper superannuation statements which get sent "straight to the shredder." "This is not how 21st Century companies should be acting. Superannuation funds have given up on making superannuation a high engagement product for members. ...

WAM proposes LIC takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... Management has submitted a new proposal to take over management of an ASX-listed investment company. Century Australia Investments, for which Perennial Value Management is currently investment manager, was previously given a WAM restructure proposal ...

Perennial proposes Century restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
Perennial Value Management has submitted a restructure proposal to Century Australia Investments. In an ASX statement, Perennial said that while Century "has historically operated independent of the investment manager," the proposal "would be to the ...