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CBA sells CFSGAM, new wealth business chief executive appointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... financial officer for its wealth business, NewCo, which will include Colonial First State, Count Financial, Financial Wisdom, Aussie Home Loans and CBA's minority shareholdings in ASX-listed CountPlus and MortgageChoice. SocietyOne managing director ...

Real return funds underperforming

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... as real return managers winded down their equities exposures. Latest Zenith research found real return funds cut their Aussie equities allocations from 13.6% in December 2016 to 4.5% in June this year, as stock valuations shot up and the questions about ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
Macquarie Group slipped down the ranks of the world's top fund managers, while Colonial First State gained momentum, a Willis Towers Watson compilation shows. Despite increasing its assets under management to US$369 billion, Macquarie Group slid from ...

RBA calls for more innovation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
RBA started to support immediate payments for Aussies around the clock, this year. RBA's head of payments settlements department Greg Johnston spoke at SIBOS about what the central bank would like to see in payments next. In February, RBA launched ...

CFSGAM Aussie equities executive on the move

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
A $2.5 trillion global investment manager is welcoming a former CFSGAM head of core Australian equities as its investment director in Australia. Matthew Reynolds has linked with Capital Group with a remit to provide strategic advice on investment strategy ...

Magellan boosts retail push for Airlie

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... in Sydney this week. Magellan acquired Airlie Funds Management in February when the boutique managed about $6 billion in Aussie equities for institutional investors, pegging its minimum investment size at $500,000. Airlie previously held a $1.2 billion ...

Young Aussies set lofty retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... said this new breed of independent and financially savvy individuals want choice and autonomy to live by their own terms. Aussie millennials are saving more, cutting back on socialising and empowering themselves with investing skills to make their money ...

ETFs attracting more money than LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
Aussie investors now have more money invested in the rapidly-expanding exchange traded fund market than in long-standing listed investment companies. The ETP market has just hit $42.3 billion in funds under management - that's $60 million more than ...

Aussies second-most optimistic about retirement: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Australians are the second-most optimistic about retirement, according to new SSGA research that compared retirement satisfaction levels across eight countries. SSGA's Global Retirement Reality Report polled 9400 people across Australia, US, UK ...

Aged care RC will spook Aussies into advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Delegates today heard the impending Royal Commission into aged care could serve as a catalyst for more Australians to access financial advice. While presenting a focus session on the new age of aged care, Challenger technical services manager Sean Howard ...