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ANZ completes $720m capital raising

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
ANZ has announced it has completed its $720 million share purchase plan offer. The bank's statement to the ASX said it will "accept all eligible applications and issue approximately $720 million of ANZ shares at $26.50 per share." The offer was originally ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
Magellan Financial Group has outgrown its 1960s office block on Sydney's Castlereagh Street and co-founder Hamish Douglass is looking for new premises. But the manager of the highly successful Magellan Global Fund is worried the sites he's been shown ...

Retirement income is not one-size-fits-all

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has released a framework for selecting default post-retirement products that attempts to eliminate a one-size-fits-all approach. Launched at the AIST Australian Superannuation Investment conference ...

Liquidator appointed in suicide case

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
ASIC has appointed a liquidator for six investment management companies linked to a Perth-based promoter, who is believed to have taken his own life after defrauding investors for years. The Federal Court of Australia has made orders appointing EY partner ...

Blue Sky delivers 68% profit as alternatives rally

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has reported record profit and assets under management as investors find growth in alternatives. The manager reported an underlying net profit after tax of $10.4 million for the year to 30 June 2014, 68% up from $6.2 ...

In wealthy Australia, philanthropy is the biggest loser

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
Australia has experienced record growth rates and its population is wealthier than ever, but philanthropic giving is now lower than it was 30 years ago. Taxpayers are giving an amount equivalent to only 0.57% of GDP, compared to their counterparts in ...

ASX builds fund supermarket

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) openly says one of its strategic priorities is to continue to build out an investment supermarket. Already among the supermarket aisles are about 380 fund products with more than $200 billion in market capitalisation ...

Equip appoints digital specialist to board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Equip has appointed an executive with experience leading digital media and marketing ventures as its new member director. Pippa Leary started in the role on 17 July 2015. She is also chief executive officer of digital advertising company Apex Premium ...

China impossible to ignore for asset managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Vanguard Asia-Pacific head of investment strategy group, Jeffrey Johnson, said China is a market that is impossible for investors to ignore despite its economy continuing to slow. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

Perth toll road an opportunity for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Superannuation funds may have the opportunity to buy in to a $1.6 billion road project in Perth after the Western Australian transport minister announced plans to sell the income stream from tolls on heavy vehicles. Transport minister Dean Nalder told ...