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BestEx enters joint venture with US trading firm

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... BestEx has entered into a joint venture with US counterpart TORA offering global trading services to Australia-based fund managers. Under the arrangement, BestEx clients will be able to use TORA's technology and international broker relationships to ...

HNW adviser starts real return investment association

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... the Association of Real Return Investment Advisers (ARRIA) as a forum where advisers can share strategies and meet fund managers. ARRIA held its first round table in Sydney in February and its members will be meeting quarterly, Reid told Financial Standard. ...

HESTA non-committal on Transfield divestment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... Corboy would not commit one way or the other, saying: "HESTA holdings in Transfield Services are managed by our fund managers in the same manner as all our investments." However, Corboy highlighted that, of the 11 investment options HESTA offers, seven ...

Citi closes gap in custody race

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... gap between BNP and Citi, from $100 billion to $50 billion. Competition between custodians is fierce, and news of fund managers and super funds shifting custodians is increasingly common. Today, for example, NAB announced that it would take over from ...

Zenith approves six new 'unconstrained' bond funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... this new category has been driven by the number of new funds that have been or are about to be offered to market by fund managers. These funds have been designed to fulfill the perceived current and future fixed interest needs of investors."

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Asia Funds Passport will never get off the ground because the majority of fund managers in the region are already aligning their products with European UCITS standards, according to EY Asia-Pacific and EMEIA asset management leader Roy Stockell. ...

Fund managers expect clients to turn aggressive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Almost half the world's fund managers expect their institutional clients to adopt a more aggressive investment strategy in 2014, according to a global survey by Towers Watson. The survey, including responses from 128 investment managers (the majority ...

UCA introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... fund manager, which is associated with the Uniting Church in Australia, will join a very small group of Australian fund managers that have a specific screening policy on fossil fuels, including Australian Ethical. UCA will screen thermal coal, used in ...

Capital Group appoints two senior executives

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... take the RE role in-house are further steps in this journey." Capital Group is one of the world's largest active fund managers with more than US$1.2 trillion in assets under management.

SunGard launches a faster STP processor

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... Systems (SunGard) has announced the launch of a fully automated order processing and control solution for hedge fund managers, fund administrators and private equity firms. Asset Arena Data Connect, the new processing solution, has been designed to speed ...