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CBA to demerge CFS, mulls further CommInsure sell-off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... comprise Colonial First State, Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), Count Financial, Financial Wisdom and Aussie Home Loans. Commonwealth Financial Planning will be retained by the bank and form part of its consumer financial services ...

Global manager hires former Wallaby, launches unit trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... union centre is joining a UK-based equities manager as its managing director for Australia. The firm is also launching an Aussie-based global equities unit trust seeded with $130 million from an industry superannuation fund. River and Mercantile Asset ...

Aussie HNWI population grows: Capgemini

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
Latest research from digital consultant Capgemini shows Australia's high-net-worth individual (HNWI) population is growing, with more than 20,000 Aussies joining the fold in 2017. According to Capgemini's 2018 World Wealth Report, Australia's HNWI population ...

Quantifeed eyes Australian expansion with $13.5m raising

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... for robo-advice: gaining client trust, technological changes and fiduciary duty. A recent CFA Institute study found 80% Aussie retail investors trusted said they were more likely to trust financial advice from a human planner than advice from a robo-adviser. ...

Agricultural asset manager promotes new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... Growth Farms Australia's managing director David Sackett said agricultural land had low correlation to some assets (Aussie equities and A-REITs), and negative correlation to others (Aussie fixed income and international equities) - over the 20 years ...

Aussie IPO launches at decade high

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... raised is significantly lower than four years ago, according to Baker McKenzie. The law firm looked at IPO activity by Aussie issuers in both domestic and cross-border markets for H1 for all years between 2007 and 2017. The first six months of the year ...

US giant acquires Aussie super consulting business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
An NYSE-listed global insurance brokerage and risk management firm is acquiring an Australian superannuation consulting services company along with its technology-based sister firm as part of a continued play into the Australian wealth market. Arthur ...

Equity Trustees appoints US executive, partners in Ireland

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... Equity Trustees has also scored a deal with Mainstream Group as the pair launch a new Irish fund platform, aimed at giving Aussie fundies easier access to European UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities Directive). Equity ...

What worries Aussie advisers: Natixis

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... Managers Global Survey of Financial Professionals - which surveyed 150 Australians and 2775 people globally - found 90% of Aussie financial advisers are challenged to keep up with regulation. Natixis Investment Managers Australia chief executive Damon ...

Aussie fixed income managers with global teams outperform: Zenith

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... whereas local teams returned 5.7%. The former also recorded 0.15% higher annualised risk volatility than local teams managing Aussie fixed income. PIMCO and Western Asset are two examples of managers that run globalised teams to vet opportunities in ...