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IFM expands into Hong Kong

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
IFM Investors, the fund manager owned by 29 Australian not-for-profit super funds, has opened a Hong Kong office and been granted a licence from the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong. The new office complements IFM's existing operations ...

Super objective crucial to Commission review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... efficiency. Commissioner Angela MacRae made it clear the assessment is not about comparing the performance of individual super funds or products. "This framework will allow us to assess how well our super system is able to meet its primary purpose of ...

Evergreen makes senior hires

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... demand for its services. Bronwyn Skinner has joined Evergreen Consultants as a director. She has extensive experience in the funds management industry having held roles such as associate director at Grant Samuel, vice president at AllCapital US, manager ...

Global firm introduces Australian pooled funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
A New York-based global investment firm has launched the first of two Australian pooled funds. Pzena Investment Management has launched the Pzena Emerging Markets Value Fund to institutional investors across Australia and New Zealand. The fund was opened ...

Class joins forces with bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... under one account number. Class chief executive Kevin Bungard welcomed the new link as it will improve SMSF management for funds with HSBC accounts and bolster foreign asset support in Class. He added that Class was also the first to offer fully automated ...

European hedge fund business sold to Aussie administrator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... services provided out of Malta, including net asset value calculations and fund accounting, to European domiciled hedge funds. MainstreamBPO said the associated annualised revenue of up to $1 million will be recurring from monthly service fees which ...

Instos consider Aussie infrastructure plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Industry superannuation funds and other institutional investors were watching with interest yesterday as the Federal Government unveiled its infrastructure strategy for the next 15 years. Most significant is the government's development of a freight ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Australia managed funds industry The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the managed funds industry saw a 2.2% increase in funds under management to A$2,774.5 billion in the September quarter from A$2,715.5 billion in the June quarter. ...

Omega appoints former Northward director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... Northward Capital, where he was executive director and portfolio manager for Northward's Equity Income and Ethical Equity Income funds. Before Northward, he held senior roles at Macquarie and Citigroup. In his new role, Moore will specialise in outcomes-based ...

Responsible investment plagues super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
About two thirds of Australia's largest superannuation funds are yet to embed responsible investment requirements with external fund managers. This is one key finding delivered by the inaugural Superfund Responsible Investment Benchmarking Report, released ...