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WAM names prospective Blue Sky LIC team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... has previously worked as a strategic advisor in alternative assets, private equity and private debt for sovereign wealth funds including Future Fund and NZ Super. Under the proposal, Siew and Wilson would also be appointed to the board. "With the three ...

Blue Sky names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... clients including 73 of the largest US pension plans, 38 primary US state retirement plans and more than 15 sovereign wealth funds. Blue Sky's share price has now fallen about 90% since March, with Kain acknowledging the firm's reputation has suffered ...

Vale Paul Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... executive at the Superannuation Trust of Australia; the founding managing director and chief executive at two sovereign wealth funds - the Future Fund and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund; and held numerous advisory and investment committee roles ...

Aussie funds among the world's largest asset owners

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... biggest asset owners, taking up 61% of the total assets held by the names on the list. This was followed by sovereign wealth funds with 32% and outsourced CIOs and master trusts with 7%. Last week, another WTW study showed that Macquarie Group slipped ...

Legal woes continue for super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... Australia principal lawyer David Barnden said: "Like superannuation funds in Australia, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds across the world must act with care, skill and diligence. They also must act in the best interest of beneficiaries." "This ...

Westpac investment arm awards real estate mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... pension funds, foundations and endowments, central banks, insurance companies, sub-advisory arrangements, sovereign wealth funds and individual portfolios across 75 countries.

Private equity firm closes $558m mining fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... its Denham Mining Fund at $558 million. The firm says family offices, public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and endowments represented by institutional investors have made third party commitments to the fund. It is now eyeing local ...

Aviva Investors appoints Asia institutional sales head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... recent role, Clapham served as AXA Investment Managers' head of consultant relations and the head of sovereign wealth funds and central banks (Asia), insto sales. He will focus on building new partnerships and strengthening existing relationships ...

Responsible investment now mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... the ESG practices of 51 super funds covering almost $1.3 trillion. Adding the Future Fund and NZ Super sovereign wealth funds lifts the market coverage of the report's sample to $1.4 trillion, equivalent to half Australia's FUM market. The 2018 RIAA ...

Australian asset owners support first stewardship code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... asset owners have on good stewardship. It is open to all asset owners including super funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds, not just ACSI members. ACSI highlighted stewardship codes exist in many global markets including the UK, US, Japan, Hong ...