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Global ETF industry hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... under management reflecting growth of 20% in the year to date. The report found ETFs captured 75% of flows in the US investment management industry in the quarter with passive ETFs showing particular strength, taking in around US$73 billion. As a result ...

Industry super satisfaction continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... industry funds since March 2008 which many consider as the onset of Global Financial Crisis with the bankruptcy of US investment bank Bear Stearns. "The increase in industry fund satisfaction to some extent tracks the performance of the Australian share ...

BlackRock partners with $23bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
BlackRock partnered with a $23 billion superannuation fund to develop an ESG-focused global bond index fund. VicSuper has again partnered with the global fund manager, this time to develop a global bond index fund similar to the ESG Australian Bond ...

Fintechs to play vital ESG role: AXA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
AXA Investment Managers global head of responsible investing Matt Christensen told a recent roundtable in Sydney that fintechs will play a vital role in investors' attempts to address climate change. The role of fintechs, according to Christensen, will ...

Westpac exits personal advice, restructures leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
Westpac is realigning its wealth strategy and BT Financial Group will cease as a standalone division. The group has also agreed to sell a number of advisers to Viridian Advisory. BT Financial Group will cease to be a standalone division of Westpac Group. ...

Advisers to return US$125m in fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
Financial advisers in the US are set to return about US$125m million to retail customers after a regulatory clampdown on inadequate fee disclosures last year. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged 79 people, including well-known names such ...

More consolidation to come: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Of the 28 funds identified by APRA as candidates for merger in the last 12 months, at least 13 have moved to do so. And a further three could also be headed for the exit door, APRA chair Wayne Byres said. Appearing before the Senate Economics Legislation ...

QIC adds to global infrastructure team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... based in London. QIC has also hired Naseh Kausar to its New York office in similar role. He was most recently at US investment bank PJ Solomon and its infrastructure investment bank as a vice president. Previously, he worked as an investment associate ...

QIC signs US investment partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
QIC is investing in a Boston university's parking systems as part of a 50-year partnership, building its American infrastructure presence. QIC Global Infrastructure has formed a new company MasParc and Mobility LLC that will take over the management ...

Pacific Current Group expands US investment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Pacific Current Group has invested in a US provider of financial adviser middle office services. Pacific Current Group (ASX:PAC) picked up a 10% stake in Independent Financial Partners, a "hybrid registered investment advisers platform" based in the ...