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iSelect CEO departs amid takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Life insurance broker iSelect has announced the departure of its chief executive and confirmed a buyout proposal from a private equity firm. Outgoing chief executive Alex Stevens has left the company after 18 months in the role; in his place, iSelect ...

SLI introduces international real estate risk tool

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... International asset manager Standard Life Investments (SLI) has developed the Global Real Estate Implementation Risk tool (GREIR) in a bid to help investors find the right markets for their level of risk appetite and understand the expected returns in ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... tightening has the potential to be painful. However, he is confident the Fed will draw the process out over many years in a bid to protect against a bond market rout. "It'll probably be like a frog in water where you gradually turn up the heat. They'll ...

AMP restructures China Fund to reduce discount

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
In a bid to reduce the 20.4% discount on its China Growth Fund, AMP Capital has introduced key changes based on a review by Goldman Sachs. The changes include implementing a Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect trading platform to increase the fund's liquidity. ...

Mortgage Choice pulls comparator platform

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... of investing in technology to grow their notoriously tough direct-to-consumer businesses. The company hired new staff in a bid to capitalise on seasonal uplifts, but the uplift was less than expected. "In hindsight, the headcount was recruited too early ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... highly innovative exchange traded managed fund, the Magellan Global Equities Fund, Douglass and his team are making a credible bid for the notoriously tough to crack self-managed super fund market. "We realised there was a large market that was either ...

UK govt tempts super funds with real estate projects

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... meet with chief investment officers and analysts from the nation's leading superannuation and sovereign wealth funds. "In a bid to intelligently match projects with institutional investors, we are looking for a list of ask criteria from Australian superannuation ...

AMP Capital grabs $205m Port Hedland airport

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
AMP Capital and Infrastructure Capital Group (ICG) have taken over the lease of the Port Hedland International Airport, in Western Australia. The consortium was reportedly bidding against IFM Investors and Airport Development Group. The 50-year lease ...

WAM Capital poised to pounce in mixed market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Wilson Asset Management chief investment officer Chris Stott says increasing M&A activity will create investment opportunities in the year ahead, despite a mixed economic outlook. The group's listed investment company, WAM Capital, grew 35.3% to $806.5 ...

Fee pressure turns super funds to smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... strategies]." Pidgeon said that some are "looking to consolidate their relationships with managers across active and passive" in a bid to have "less fund managers and lower fees." HSBC Global Asset Management deputy chief investment officer for equities ...