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Banks shift gears on technology spend

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
After years of technology investment focused on developing infrastructure, banks and fund managers are pinning their hopes on better customer-centric IT solutions to gain market share. "Technology is going to be paramount for this industry," Colonial ...

NZ Super Fund inks US$275m UK mandate deal

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund) has made its second investment in natural catastrophe reinsurance, appointing London-based Leadenhall Capital Partners to manage a US$275 million mandate. The new mandate is focused on natural catastrophe ...

Westpac appoints head of Debt Capital Markets

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
Former ANZ head of the Financial Institutions Group, Australia, John Chauvel has resurfaced at Westpac Institutional Bank (Westpac) as managing director and head of Debt Capital Markets. He will report to managing director and Head of Debt Markets Tony ...

Mercer tests the water of 'fair capitalism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
An exploration of systemic changes and 'fairer capitalism' is needed encourage longer term, more sustainable investment according to a recent Mercer paper. "The growing call for capitalism to be 'fairer' or 'more sustainable' is not going away. In fact ...

No growth in managed funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Managed funds are still languishing according to official figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS has just released figures detailing the $2 trillion managed investments sector and they confirm that while superannuation ...

Platforms hold sway over fund access

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The lack of available funds on platforms, as well as the difficulty in being included, mean unlisted property funds remain only on the fringes of mainstream investment, a Property Investment Research (PIR) panel discussion has concluded. Panel members ...

Prime Value launches concentrated equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Boutique fund manager Prime Value has launched its first new fund in almost 12 years, after moving further into the retail space from its family office- focused origins. The Prime Value Opportunities Fund, a concentrated equities fund structured to ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The Australian share market is set to open lower as forecasts of slower global economic growth caused falls on overseas markets. At 0755 AEST on Thursday, the June share price index futures contract was down 22 points at 4,959. Wall Street and European ...

Investment in alternative assets on the rise globally

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
Institutional investors around the globe are allocating more to alternative assets such as listed real estate, private equity and infrastructure, according to the AMP Capital Institutional Investor Report. AMP surveyed institutional investors in Asia ...

Bureaucratic processes hinder infrastructure investment: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has told the federal government that Industry SuperFunds are ready to invest up to $15 billion in infrastructure, if certain impediments are lifted. "Australia has an infrastructure deficit of up to $770 billion, and ...