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Underwriting expert joins ClearView

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
ClearView appointed a chief underwriter in an effort to strengthen its partnerships with independent financial advisers. Warren Page will be responsible for leading ClearView's national underwriting team and partnering with the group's reinsurer to ...

Super wealth reaches record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
The amount of wealth Australians hold in superannuation is climbing to a record high, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. At the end of December 2016, Australians held $2.6 trillion of household net worth in superannuation ...

CFSGAM grows global fixed income team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) launched a new high-yield team in an effort to build its global fixed income footprint. Known as First State Investments outside of Australia and based in New York, the team of five will manage sub-investment ...

BT Wrap adds absolute investment fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
Monash Investors added its flagship fund to BT Wrap's investments menus recently. Monash Investors co-portfolio manager Simon Shields said the firm is pleased the Monash Absolute Investment Fund is now available on the platform. "The fund has experienced ...

Equities manager awarded $48m mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
Ausbil Investment Management has been awarded a $48 million Australian equity mandate by Uniting Financial Services. The portfolio, managed by Ausbil chief executive officer Paul Xiradis and his team, is a large cap, long-only Australian equities offering ...

Monash fund receives Lonsec rating

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
The Monash Absolute Investment Fund has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec. Monash Investors co-portfolio manager Simon Shields said the rating is a welcome affirmation of the fund's unique attributes and investment approach. "Monash Investors ...

How advisers are managing US election concerns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
Investment updates, meetings and phone calls will be the order of the day for financial advisers as their clients worry about what the US election-driven market turbulence means to them. Fitzpatricks Private Wealth senior financial adviser Leonard Gennusa ...

MTAA awards $330m mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
MTAA Super has awarded a $330 million Australian equity mandate to an Australian investment manager. Ausbil Investment Management was awarded the mandate for its Australian Active Equity Strategy. Managed by chief executive Paul Xiradis and his team ...

Infrastructure investment will top $40 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... defensive characteristics of global infrastructure securities are just as likely to drive private sector investment as a shield against ongoing market volatility. "Investors have been forced to allocate assets to riskier investments in a search for income. ...

Monash fund added to two platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
The Monash Absolute Investment Fund has been added to both the Netwealth and Macquarie Wrap Super and Non-Super platforms. Founded in 2012, Sydney-based Monash Investors is an absolute return Australian equity specialist established by Simon Shields ...