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Cbus expands senior investment team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... Magotra's most recent role was a portfolio manager at Integrity Investment Management. He will be responsible for undertaking company and sector research across Australian equities. Related story: Cbus Industry super fund hires change expert Cbus chief ...

Corporate governance LIC slashes fees, appoints portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
An ASX-listed investment company focusing on ASX 100 companies ranked by corporate governance standards has negotiated a significant reduction in its total expense ratio and appointed a portfolio manager from Evans Dixon. Australian Governance Masters ...

Infocus chief executive departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
The managing director and chief executive of Infocus Wealth Management is departing, with the company's founder returning to take the reins. The Infocus board announced Rod Bristow is stepping down following six years of leadership. Succeeding Bristow ...

Calastone adopts blockchain

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... underpinning Calastone's core network will transition to a private and permissioned-based blockchain infrastructure in 2019, the company announced. The new technology will enable the mutual funds market to operate more efficiently, reduce costs and risks ...

Austock Life revamps, hires new leaders

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... complementary skills to embrace a job-shared leadership role is itself emblematic of "our progressive intentions as a company and financial brand." Coombe said: "We have been growing our market share for many years and with our new offering, we believe ...

Industry fund eyes younger membership with board appointment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... IDP Education. In her current role as chief information officer for Intrepid Group, an Australian-owned adventure travel company, she has helped the business introduce agile methods for process improvement, employing both data analytics and digital tools ...

ANZ Wealth research boss departs for Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
ANZ Wealth's head of investment product and research has left the company and moved to Mercer to further build out its post retirement business. William Burkitt held the head research role at ANZ Wealth for five years, prior to which he was executive ...

LIC fund reopens to investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... we can invest in opportunities that larger fund managers have no chance of executing." The Future Generation Investment Company (FGX), MFF Capital Investments (MFF), Australian Foundation Investment Company (AFIC), Future Generation Global Fund (FGG) ...

Misperception of independence jeopardising trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... advice, Roy Morgan suggests. Many consumers view institutionally-owned advice groups with different branding to their parent company as independent, while almost a quarter of consumers considered a planner from a major fund manager to be independent. ...

Life insurance M&A outlook gloomy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... three years predicts activity in the Australian sector to be minimal. Only 5% of reinsurance, general and life insurance company executives that took part in the study are seriously considering acquisition opportunities in Australasia. Instead, a large ...