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Douglass exits Magellan board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... are on issue. MFG's share price diminished to about $15.50 at the time of publication, but traded as high as $55.90 in mid-2021, a few months before UK fund manager St. James's Place yanked $23 billion of its investors' money and several ...

Experienced advisers in education limbo

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
Experienced financial advisers that have yet to gain a bachelor's degree or equivalent are caught in the middle of a political maelstrom promising an easier education pathway. With both major parties announcing significant changes to adviser qualifications ...

Adviser numbers close in on 17k

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... advisers left in nearly eight weeks. The exodus of advisers follows a similar trend in which 800 hung up their boots between mid-December 2021 and 20 January 2022. AMP Financial Planning currently leads the pack in terms of adviser numbers with 591 ...

GIC bolsters Australian real estate JV

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. GIC continues to expand its Australian footprint after establishing a Sydney office in mid-2021. In a separate partnership, GIC recently co-purchased 50 Marcus Clarke Street in Canberra's CBD for $335 million ...

Active funds continue underperformance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... last year, with active funds underperforming. Last year, just over half of Australian funds in the Equity General and Equity Mid- and Small-Cap S&P categories beat their respective benchmarks. Meanwhile, most funds in the International Equity General ...

Women in Super names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
Women in Super appointed a new chief executive who comes with extensive experience from the education sector. Jo Kowalczyk takes the post, bringing her background in strategy, advocacy, and transformation. She was most recently the compliance and operations ...

Startup launches risk retention option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... chair. Protip Dasgupta has been the head of distribution since early last year, while head of operations Kos Cuaresma joined in mid-2021. "We are excited to be bringing this flexible and innovative life insurance option to the Australian market and to ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
The integration of environmental, social and governance concerns (ESG) into investment decisions has well and truly gone mainstream - but there is one element of governance that still flies under the radar for many investors. That is, gender diversity ...

WealthO2 hires five to focus on tech solutions

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... will all benefit from their knowledge and expertise." The appointments follow the merger between WealthO2, Roar and NEO in mid-February.

MA Financial partners with Chinese asset manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... wholesale investors with access to the Chinese equities market. The MA ChinaAMC Equity Fund will provide investors with access to mid to large Chinese companies listed on China's onshore (A-shares) and offshore markets (H-shares and ADRs). Head of MA ...