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New sales chief for State Street platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... and will be responsible for delivering customised access to liquidity sources to corporates, active traders, banks, hedge funds and brokers - all through the Currenex platform. Johnson was most recently director of institutional relationships with LMAX ...

Pillar CEO departs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... from 2013. The deal established Mercer as one of the largest outsourced superannuation providers in Australia, increasing funds under administration by more than $100 billion and doubling its member account base to more than two million. Brook leaves ...

AustralianSuper lends muscle to big employers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... attract top talent. For example, AustralianSuper's MySuper balanced option has outperformed equivalent options of other funds over one, three, five, seven and 10 years. On top of that, the fund's insurance and admin fees are relatively low due to its ...

Former Fidelity chief joins boutique manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... executive at Fidelity Investments, Australia and New Zealand. He has also been the chief executive of boutique Australian funds management businesses. Supervised Investments Australia chair Helen Coonan said: "As our firm enters a new growth phase we ...

Bond funds complete circle for Legg Mason

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
Legg Mason Australia managing director Andy Sowerby says launching two bond funds in the second half of 2016 completed any previous gaps in fixed income offerings. Sowerby told a media briefing in Sydney that the investment market may not have entirely ...

Super playing dangerous risk game: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
The long-term investment horizon favoured by superannuation funds is putting Australia's ageing population at risk, according to a new Milliman paper. The paper argues that the priority on long-term net returns highlighted in the Productivity Commission's ...

ASIC calls time on super disclosure exemption

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... subplans will no longer be exempt from disclosure requirements. Under the current arrangements, employer subplans within super funds, which allow corporates to create tailored accounts for employees, are not required to publish governing rules, recent ...

Lonsec highly recommends Martin Currie ethical fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... investment officer Reece Birtles said he was "very pleased that a leading research house recognises the quality of [the funds] investment processes and philosophy."

Northern Trust launches sustainable real assets fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... the underlying financial performance of the assets, and with the risk return profile of property companies or investment funds ultimately owning the assets." "This new fund will, uniquely, allow investors to passively gain exposure to companies that ...

Wilson calls for Hunter Hall exit

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... "It is only fair and equitable that all HHV shareholders are given the opportunity that all other investors in Hunter Hall funds are given and that is to exit their investment at full value, NTA. As previously discussed, we propose this opportunity is ...