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Former REIT exec to lead new funds management business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
A former AMP and Centuria executive will lead the wholesale funds management business at one of Australia's oldest companies. Neil Rogan joins Gowing Bros after serving as general manager of the investment bond business at Centuria Capital for three-and-a-half ...

Church threatens to dump $21bn of fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
One of the UK's largest charity fund managers has voted to sell $21 billion worth of investments in fossil fuels if the companies don't align to climate change goals by 2023. The Church of England's parliament voted 347 to four in favour ...

Family offices maintain equity allocations: Study

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Latest research shows less than one-third of family offices are using quantitative models to determine asset class allocations and position sizes. At the same time, equity allocations remain unchanged. These are the key takeaways from the most recent ...

Praemium FUA surpasses $8bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Praemium's funds under administration surpassed $8 billion thanks to a bumper June 2018 quarter of key client wins. FUA shot up 35% compared to the prior corresponding period, with about $566 million of inflows coming in from Australian business. ...

Frontier names head of real assets arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Frontier Advisors appointed an investment banker to lead its real assets division. Isabelle Demir joins Frontier Advisors as head of real assets on July 30. The asset consultant has about $300 billion under advice. Demir will work closely with property ...

Government mulls reforms to tax residency rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
The Federal Government is considering an overhaul of the rules governing residency for tax purposes in Australia, recommending a person's residency be defined by the number of days they spend in the country in a 12-month period. The Board of Taxation ...

Infrastructure manager turns up the heat

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
A $4.7 billion global infrastructure manager, and an investment consultant to several superannuation funds, has purchased a stake in a Norwegian heating network. Whitehelm Capital acquired a 49% stake in Kvitebjorn Varme AS, the owner and operator of ...

Dover advisers turn orphans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
While there are Dover financial advisers that have managed to transition elsewhere in recent weeks, latest ASIC data shows hundreds of advisers will be without a licensee when the disgraced AFSL shutters today. Rainmaker analysis of ASIC's Financial ...

Mercantile takeover of private equity fund moves ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
Mercantile OFM is moving towards the acquisition of all shares in a private equity-focused listed investment company (LIC). In an announcement to the ASX, IPE directors unanimously recommended shareholders accept the offer in the absence of a superior ...

AFA seeks overhaul of proposed education standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers is seeking significant changes to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's draft education standards, including calls for experienced advisers over 55 to be subject to more lenient requirements ...