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Magellan funds under review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
After Magellan co-founder Hamish Douglass announced he would take extended medical leave, the company's share price dove and its fund ratings are under review. Morningstar said all of Magellan's global and high conviction funds are under review due ...

AIST, MetLife tackle underinsurance issue

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
MetLife and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees have joined forces to raise awareness about the importance of group insurance in a bid to tackle the underinsurance problem. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck told Financial Standard ...

Real Asset Management hires from QIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
Australian owned wealth and asset manager Real Asset Management (RAM) has appointed Matthew Strotton as head of funds management for its real estate division. Strotton has more than 25 years' real estate experience in global markets across capital transactions ...

Vanguard appoints new chief information officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
Vanguard Australia has announced the appointment of Aman Sahani as its new Asia Pacific chief information officer. In this role, Sahani will oversee Vanguard's Asia Pacific 200 strong IT division and lead the team. Sahani spent the last six years in ...

MLC Life names head of fund partnerships

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
MLC Life Insurance has appointed a head of fund partnerships for the group insurance business, most recently on the leadership team of an industry super fund. Chris Porter has taken on the role, reporting directly to general manager, fund partnerships ...

Mantis in new distribution partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
Mantis Funds is now working with Aussie TEP Management to provide local investors with access to a managed fund of traded endowment policies. Aussie TEP Management has entered a distribution partnership with Mantis Funds for its Aussie TEP Fund, which ...

Hamish Douglass takes leave of absence

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
Magellan chair Hamish Douglass will take a medical leave of absence to prioritise his health after a period of intense pressure, the company has said in a statement to the ASX. The leave of absence comes as Magellan reports a loss of almost $2 billion ...

Allan Gray Australia reduces fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
Allan Gray Australia has made significant changes to the fees charged across superannuation, retirement and investments on its platform. Allan Gray Solutions, which encompasses Allan Gray Superannuation, Allan Gray Retirement and Allan Gray Investments ...

Magellan shuns turnaround companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
Magellan Financial Group chair Hamish Douglass continues to take a contrarian stance by shunning "turnaround companies", claiming they make it difficult for fund managers to be profitable. A company in the process of turning around its operations are ...

Vanguard move a win for SSGA, BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
Vanguard's decision to hand back institutional mandates has been good news for State Street Global Advisors, BlackRock and several other managers, analysis shows. In October 2020 Vanguard announced it would hand back mandates to super funds ahead of ...