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CFS swaps global equities managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... an asset allocation role. Colonial First State is set to demerge from CBA alongside Count Financial, Financial Wisdom, Aussie Home Loans and CBA's minority shareholdings in ASX-listed CountPlus and Mortgage Choice - together termed as "Newco." SocietyOne ...

Copia builds distribution team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... entity for all its boutiques but ownership structures vary. All four boutiques work with equities: OC Funds Management is an Aussie small caps manager; Ralton works with Australian equity managed accounts; Veritum Asset Management invests in income-generating ...

Schroders hires former Hunter Hall portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
The global manager with $39 billion of Aussie investor money has added to its Sydney-based investment team, including a former Hunter Hall portfolio manager. Schroders is welcoming Sebastian Mullins as a portfolio manager on the multi-asset team. Also ...

UniSuper awards small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... Dougherty and Liam Donohue launched Lennox Capital in February last year after leading Macquarie Investment Management's Aussie small and micro caps funds. In May last year Chris Cuffe's Third Link Growth Fund took a stake in the Lennox small-cap fund. ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
We got chills, they're multiplying... How could something so good turn out to be so bad? It was all very good just as 2017 was turning into 2018... so good, that financial markets were pencilling in exit strategies from the world's major economies ...

Challenger kicks off active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... concurrently working on bringing additional strategies to the [ETF] market," Hamilton said. The new active ETF invests in Aussie government bonds, semi-government bonds, offshore bonds, and derivatives to gain exposure to non-interest rates. It is rated ...

Insurer awards $80m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... recommended two-year investment period through investments in fixed income and currency markets. It recently created an Aussie dollar share class. H2O Asset Management chief executive Bruno Crastes said: "The share class was created for Australian wholesale ...

Survey says no to subsidising life insurance for genetically at-risk Aussies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
Australians do not want to subsidise life insurance for those with adverse genetic test results, according to the latest Financial Services Council study. The FSC recently released results of its consumer survey conducted in July this year. The survey ...

New mortality study adds to retirement conversation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... annuitants to calculate similar rates for the Australian population, in research funded by David Orford. A 60 year old Aussie man has a 6.6% probability of dying between their 60th and 61st birthday, according to the Australian life tables 2010-2012 ...

Aussie investors calm about next 12 months

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... investment survey. Globally, about 58% said they were confident about investment opportunities in the year ahead while among Aussie investors 68% were confident. Legg Mason Australia and New Zealand managing director Andy Sowerby said: "Rather than being ...