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Cbus aims to reduce costs through internalisation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
In a speech at the Master Builders Australia National Leaders Summit in Canberra, Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok said his fund aims to manage at least 35% of its assets internally by 2022, thereby reducing costs by about 18 basis points. ...

China A-shares to shake up EM funds

KARREN VERGARA AND DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
The recent inclusion of 226 China A-shares to several MSCI indexes is opening a floodgate of foreign capital to the Chinese equity market and at the very least disrupting the $2.6 trillion which tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Phased in over ...

FASEA begins work on adviser exam

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority commenced a consultation process of sorts to assist with its design of the industry exam which all new and existing advisers will be required to pass. FASEA is seeking expressions of interest from ...

Investa mulls Blackstone deal, possible insto partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
Investa Wholesale Funds Management has responded to Blackstone's offer to acquire the Investa Office Fund. On Monday, Investa Listed Funds Management - RE for the office fund - announced Blackstone had submitted an all-cash proposal to acquire IOF ...

Chief economist update: "Quitaly"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
Move over China and North Korea, you too Iran and Israel, a new old crisis has come back to town...and it could be bigger. While the financial market world still haven't seen the end game of US President Donald Trump's protectionist trade policies ...

Industry fund promotes internally to drive growth

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
An industry super fund with more than $44 billion in funds under management has appointed a group executive of people, technology and enablement. Cbus has promoted current group executive for member experience, Michelle Boucher, into the new role. Cbus ...

Perpetual appoints new CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
Financial services giant Perpetual has appointed a new chief executive officer. Rob Adams will join Perpetual from Janus Henderson in September. In an announcement to the ASX this morning Perpetual chairman Tony D'Aloisio highlighted Adams three decades ...

Industry fund begins lifecycle pension strategy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
A $1.5 billion industry superannuation fund has added a dual-account lifecycle strategy to its pension offering. New pension members of REI Super now have a default lifecycle investment option which applies different investment mixes based on age. Existing ...

Abacus confirms new MD

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
Abacus Property has confirmed its new managing director after the passing of incumbent managing director Frank Wolf. Wolf was due to retire in July after his 65th birthday. Abacus announced in January that current chief investment officer Steven Sewell ...

BTFG platform and investment expert resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
BT Financial Group announced its general manager of platforms and investments will leave after 14 years with the firm. It has also appointed NAB's general manager of retail platforms to the role. John Shuttleworth managed BTFG's platforms business since ...