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What finance professionals are really paid

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
A new salary benchmarking report for 2020 from Michael Page has revealed what various finance professionals in Australia can expect to be paid, including distribution leads and investment directors. According to the report, legal, risk and compliance ...

Global firm secures $500m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... investment outcomes for its members." Levinge added the investment strategy aims to limit volatility and outperform the benchmark by using a multi-sector, absolute return fixed income approach. GSFM said the portfolio aims to outperform the Bloomberg ...

Boutique launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... return over the long term. The fees are 1.5375% of the net asset value of the fund and 15.375% of outperformance to the benchmark, subject to a high watermark. The boutique hired Naveen Patney from Renaissance Asset Management where he was a portfolio ...

Wealth income halved, Hartzer skips $1.6m bonus

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... aimed at strengthening its balance sheet and enabling the creation of a larger buffer than APRA's CET1 capital ratio benchmark of 10.5%. The raising will see Westpac offer a fully underwritten $2 billion institutional share placement, and a non-underwritten ...

Chief economist update: Good news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas has come early... and Thanksgiving too. Wall Street benchmark equity indices rallied at the close of trading last week: The S&P 500 added 1.0% to a new all-time high; the Nasdaq closed 1.1% up but not ...

US manager eyes Aussie retirement income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... Santa Fe. It manages about US $45 billion across global equities and fixed income, in concentrated portfolios that are benchmark unaware and unconstrained. In recent years it has looked to diversify its business as the US landscape becomes more competitive. ...

Colonial First State launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... Distributions are half yearly. Performance of the Baillie Gifford's Global Stewardship UK composite was 5.7% p.a. over the benchmark (MSCI All Country World Index benchmark) from December, 2015 inception to June end. CFS and Gifford have a partnership ...

IOOF struck by outflows, former chair resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
IOOF has reported $133 million in quarterly net outflows from its financial advice and investment management businesses for the 3 months to 30 September. The Financial Advice division had $33 million of net inflows compared to $119 million of net inflows ...

Firetrail fund gets Morningstar rating

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... Firetrail's Australian High Conviction Fund has earned a bronze rating from Morningstar after underperforming the benchmark by 11.7% in the year to September end. The fund holds a concentrated portfolio of Australian stocks and is managed by former ...

Future Fund returns 1.9% for the quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... Future Fund said in the portfolio update. The $4 billion Education Investment Fund has a one-year return of 2.1% against benchmark 2% return. The $4 billon Future Drought Fund, which was transferred assets of the Building Australia Fund last month, is ...