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AustralianSuper to double size of in-house investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
The largest super fund in the country, AustralianSuper, plans to double the size of its in-house investment team by 2015, setting a fresh template on how mega-super funds in the future could start managing their multibillion-dollar portfolios. Over ...

RI sector outperforms ASX 300: Lonsec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
The responsible investment (RI) sector has outperformed the ASX 300 over one and three year periods, according to Lonsec's Australian & Global Equity Responsible Investment Sector Review. The report revealed that Lonsec's Australian equity RI peer group ...

OneVentures Innovation and Growth fund raises $60m

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Australian venture capital firm OneVentures has announced the first close of its Innovation and Growth Fund II after raising $60 million. The fund - which invests in healthcare, education, mobile, media, cloud computing and data, sensors and robotics ...

BNP Paribas' Peter Baker moves to Mercer Sentinel

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Former BNP Paribas Securities Services managing director Peter Baker has been appointed the new head of Mercer Sentinel's Pacific team. The announcement comes just days after Baker informed BNP Paribas that he would be leaving his post as managing director ...

MetLife COO departs, replaced by former TAL exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
MetLife has appointed former TAL head of customer service and operations Luke Banfield as its new chief operating officer. Banfield replaces Michael Henderson, who has left the company. MetLife has also appointed Tim Tez to the newly-created role of ...

CBA 'open-minded' about Bitcoin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief executive Ian Narev has countered the notion that the banking sector is "oblivious" to Bitcoin. Speaking at an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Sydney this week, Narev said the bank is open-minded about ...

Custodians make managers more accountable: BNP Paribas

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Super funds wondering whether to sack an underperforming fund manager are increasingly taking advantage of the deep look-through and risk analysis capabilities provided by their custodians. According to Madhu Gayer, BNP Paribas Securities Services head ...

BT grows life insurance team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
BT has made two additions to the executive team of its insurance business, one from MLC and one from Suncorp Life. Former MLC national insurance manager Russell Hannah is BT's new regional manager for New South Wales and the ACT. He will lead the business ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Retail funds should be banned from providing default super to employers who bank with them, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley. He also argued they should also be banned from paying shareholder dividends until ...

BNP Paribas custody MD resigns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
BNP Paribas Securities Services managing director Peter Baker has resigned and will leave the company on Friday. Baker, who had spent 10 months in the role, informed the executive team of his decision to leave the firm this week. Financial Standard ...