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BT identifies Panorama outage cause

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
BT has identified the cause of its $147 billion platform being down for a week, with new chief executive Matt Rady making assurances for the future. Disruption to BT Panorama started on Monday, August 2 and full service was not restored until Sunday ...

Colonial First State seeks MySuper redemption

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
After failing to meet APRA's inaugural performance test, Colonial First State (CFS) has appointed BlackRock to run strategies across its two MySuper funds. BlackRock won the mandate to provide investment services to CFS' FirstChoice Employer Super (FCES) ...

BlackRock votes against CBA resolution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
Despite its vocal stance on sustainability and net zero ambition, BlackRock voted against a Commonwealth Bank shareholder resolution to stop the bank financing fossil fuels. The largest asset manager in the world, with US$9.5 trillion in assets under ...

IAM Funds names inaugural chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
The company formerly known as Cashwerkz appointed a chief executive for its asset management business, IAM Funds. Jonathan Baird will lead IAM Funds, a subsidiary of Income Asset Management Group, in the newly created role. Baird will also join IAM ...

REI Super makes drastic fee changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
REI Super is overhauling the way it charges both administration and investment fees, with most members expected to pay less from October 28. Currently, the $2 billion industry fund charges administration fees as a flat $1.65 per week plus 0.25% of a ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
Combine economic stagnation and rising inflation and what do we get? We get stagflation -- the financial markets' fear du'jour. It had been nearly half a century ago when the global economy have had its last encounter with stagflation. he first ...

GQG to debut on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
GQG Partners is aiming to list on the ASX by the end of October, offering its actively managed strategies to all investors. The $85 million fund manager is set to go public for an indicative price between $2-$2.20 per share based on 593.5 million shares. ...

Cannon-Brookes takes stake in fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
The Atlassian co-founder has taken an equity stake in a local impact investment firm. Grok Ventures, the family office of Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes, now owns a minority stake in Melior Investment Management, the local impact investment house founded ...

Magellan cops $4bn drop

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
Magellan Financial Group recorded net outflows in its retail and institutional funds under management last quarter, bringing it back to June figures. The global equities strategy saw a $4 billion drop in FUM to $84 billion while infrastructure equities ...

Westbridge FM expands fund lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
The West Australian property fund manager has added to its series of diversified funds, open to retail and wholesale investors. The Westbridge Diversified Fund No. 4 is looking to purchase up to 12 assets to create a commercial property portfolio of ...