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BlackRock unifies offering, rejigs executives

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
BlackRock Australia is combining its client business and iShares teams to deliver whole of portfolio solutions to clients, reshuffling its executives in the process. According to the investment giant, the bringing together of the teams will bring a ...

Fund administrator eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... capital and digital asset funds. Its push into Australia comes as it sees opportunities in servicing funds investing in alternative assets and local players like Mainstream and Apex Fund Services get mergers and acquisitions attention. "Ascent sees an ...

GAM hires from BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... source of higher income that is uncorrelated." The new strategy will complement GAM's existing local offerings in alternative risk premia, systematic core macro and insurance-linked securities strategies, GAM said. It's not just Australia where ...

Super funds hunt for co-investment deals

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
Superannuation funds' appetite for alternative investments, particularly private equity and infrastructure, is heating up, new research shows. Joint research by Preqin and the Australian Investment Council reveal super funds are on the hunt for ...

Actuaries Institute unveils IDII recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
The Actuaries Institute has released sweeping recommendations to help fix the individual disability income insurance (IDII) sector that is currently at "risk of failure". The final recommendations follow a 12 month-review, led by an appointed Actuaries ...

ASIC takes action against Equiti

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
ASIC is taking action against a financial services group for allegedly paying conflicted remuneration totalling $165,000 to its financial advisers who gave inappropriate SMSF and property advice. Equiti Financial Services (Equiti FS) - which is now ...

Loomis Sayles wins super fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
An industry superannuation fund awarded a $180 million mandate to Loomis, Sayles & Company. Statewide Super appointed Loomis Sayles for an asset-backed securitised strategy aiming to achieve returns of cash plus 2% to 3%. Based in Boston, Loomis Sayles ...

Nuveen hires director from AXA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Nuveen Real Estate has appointed a Sydney-based director of Asia Pacific housing who is a former executive of AXA Investment Managers. Ben Taylor will expand the firm's existing housing strategy in Australia and help find new opportunities in the ...

Somers acquires 15% stake in Aura Group

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... infrastructure, financial services, mining and resources, technology and fixed income. Aura, headquartered in Singapore, is an alternative investment and wealth management platform. Somers is managed by ICM Limited and is a holding company which invests ...

ASIC not recommending general advice change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... to suggest changing the label will change consumers' understanding of general advice. Testing of hypothetical alternative labels also found many consumers don't notice the label, with no effect evident on consumers' understanding of general ...