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Global manager's Aussie distribution head retires

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
A $1.7 trillion global manager's head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand will retire at the end of this year. T.Rowe Price's Murray Brewer was with the company for 14 years, starting when it first opened its Sydney office in 2006. ...

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
With the bushfire inferno still raging, Australia needs all the good news it could get... and it's arrived. The All Ordinaries index surged by 0.7% to a new record high of 7041.9 points and the Australian dollar appreciated by 0.6% to US$0.6901 ...

Janus Henderson shuts down Aussie fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
Janus Henderson Investors has shut down the $159 million Australian version of its global emerging market equities fund, returning capital to investors. The Australian fund was officially terminated on October 31 and the windup concluded a month after. ...

Industry veteran set to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... the last few years," Lee said. "It's very exciting as this is something that I love to do. I love stock selection and Aussie shares so it's something I am excited to launch." The fund aims to combine fundamental and technical analysis to create ...

Financial Standard Holiday Cooking Guide 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... Mu's quick and mild chicken curry hit Damien Mu, chief executive of AIA Australia said: "While I am proud born and bred Aussie, I have a Sri Lankan heritage and this recipe was a family favourite. I'm happy to say that it now one of my kids' ...

Zenith acquired by private equity firm

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... to acquire the business. Five V Capital, set up by Adrian MacKenzie in 2013, is best known for being an early backer of Aussie tech darling Canva, and currently has over $650 million in funds under management. A capital raise earlier this year saw Five ...

Australians gifted new tech index

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
Aussie tech lovers and investors alike can celebrate a little early this silly season thanks to the announcement of a whole new S&P tech index set to track the movers and losers of Australia's booming tech sector. Set to launch February 21 next year ...

The dark horses of Aussie shares funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
As underperformance continues to plague active managers, here are the names of the Aussie shares funds that managed to beat the S&P/ASX 200 in the year to October. The 12 months to October were particularly bad for active managers. As the S&P/ASX 200 ...

Aussies unprepared for wealth transfer

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
Despite the largest intergenerational wealth transfer to date looming, more than half of Australians do not have an estate plan in place. New research from Perpetual shows 56% of Australians do not have a will in place, with 53% of parents admitting ...

Industry fund awards $100m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... investment officer Michael Block told Financial Standard the $10 billion fund has been cutting its allocations to equities (both Aussie and international), and allocating more to real assets and debt strategies. "Equities, bonds and many traditional ...