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Industry Super pushes for affordable housing asset class

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Establishing a new asset class that targets institutional funds and offers affordable rental housing could help curb the housing affordability crisis, Industry Super Australia's latest whitepaper shows. ISA chief economist and report author Stephen ...

Westpac sells $12bn asset manager

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Westpac has entered into an agreement with a UK firm to sell its infrastructure manager subsidiary. Subject to due diligence and regulatory approvals, Northill will acquire Hastings Funds Management. The terms of the agreement are currently confidential. ...

Robo-advice raises alarm: ARRIA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... giving each the same simplistic target: to pay her young children's private school fees. Every robo asked for a country of origin; only one asked for a tax bracket - but what was "scary" was that not one asked if the funds would be used for private school ...

ANZ splits OnePath businesses, revamps life insurance team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
ANZ will divest OnePath's pension and investments and four aligned dealer groups to IOOF Holdings for $975 million; and it announced several senior internal appointments in retaining its life insurance business. IOOF has agreed to take over ANZ Wealth ...

ASIC chair nominee withdraws candidacy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
The Government is now searching for a new candidate to replace Greg Medcraft as chair of ASIC as its nominee has withdrawn from the race. Credit Suisse chair John O'Sullivan was originally picked to succeed Medcraft. A spokesperson for Minister for ...

BigTech: The next frontier for high-net-worth investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
High-net-worth individuals could soon turn to Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook for wealth management needs according to latest research from Capgemini. In its 2017 World Wealth Report the consulting firm found BigTech is casting a long shadow in wealth ...

Impact Investment Group chief executive departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Responsible investing fund manager, Impact Investment Group (IIG), announced the departure of its co-founder and chief executive Chris Lock. IIG chair, Danny Almagor, will step into the chief executive role in the interim as the company searches for ...

Kapstream co-founder steps down from global Janus Henderson role

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
The global head of fixed income at Janus Henderson Investors stepped down from his role, and a replacement has been appointed. Kumar Palghat was in the role for six months following the merger of Janus Capital and Henderson Group; he originally co-founded ...

Perpetual wins RE mandate with $620m manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
Perpetual Corporate Trust was appointed responsible entity for the retail offering from a $620 million fund manager. Ophir Asset Management's High Conviction Fund, which Ophir recently celebrated for its 21.5% net return per annum since inception two ...

Sequoia raises curtains on two key acquisitions

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
After suspending trading last week, Sequoia Financial Group has acquired a major Australian broking firm and says it will complete another purchase originally flagged in June. Morrison Securities, part of the ASX Group since 1985 and formerly owned ...