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Ausbil launches dividend income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
The $11 billion equities manager has launched a fund that will invest in S&P/ASX 200 companies with the aim of paying monthly distributions. The Ausbil Active Dividend Income fund will generate dividend income through cyclical opportunities, earning ...

Dutch insto opens Australian office

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
Global institutional manager Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors has opened an office in Sydney in a bid to take on the Asia Pacific market. APAC director Tjarko Edzes relocated from Amsterdam to spearhead Bouwinvest's presence in the region. He joined ...

Family office backs new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
Three founding members of Macquarie's Asian listed equities division are set to launch a boutique with the backing of a prominent family office. Sam Le Cornu, who was Macquarie's Asian listed equities business' co-head, executive director and head of ...

AUM growth subdued to 2025: Bloomberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
New research from Bloomberg suggests fee margins of global asset managers will drop 11% over the next six years. Most of the 1950 global asset managers surveyed in the Asset Management Outlook to 2025 provided conservative AUM growth forecasts over ...

IOOF braces for new super package, grandfathered commissions changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
IOOF's bottom line will take a hit from the newly legislated Protecting Your Super package and the proposed removal of grandfathered commissions. Acting chief executive Renato Mota and chief financial officer David Coulter told an investor briefing ...

ASIC appeals Westpac Federal Court decision

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
The corporate regulator is appealing last year's landmark Federal Court decision, determined to prove two Westpac subsidiaries provided personal financial advice despite not being licensed to do so. In December 2018, Justice Jacqueline Gleeson determined ...

Super fund awards $275 million mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
A $195 billion asset manager secured a $275 million mandate from an undisclosed superannuation fund. The super fund is investing in GAM's systematic risk premia strategy which typically targets around 15 risk premia strategies across the categories ...

Zurich awards $100m passive mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
A global asset manager has won a mandate to invest $100 million in ASX-listed equities for Zurich Group's Australian investment management arm. DWS will invest in a passively-managed portfolio of Australian stocks for Zurich Investment Management. Zurich's ...

Chief economist update: Where sentiment goes, there too is spending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
The University of Michigan's latest update on consumer confidence indicates that there's hope still for household spending. Recall the reported big drop in US retail spending (down 1.2% in the month of December) that I penned is consistent with ...

Canadian pension fund manager dumps Blue Sky

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
The strategic partnership between Blue Sky Alternative Investments and a $170 billion Canadian pension fund investment manager has been terminated. Blue Sky Water Partners has worked with Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) ...