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New role for former Credit Suisse Australia chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... Australia for over three years, as a part of a 25 year-long run at the investment bank. Ares SSG is a credit-focussed alternative manager, with investments in credit, private equity and special situation assets in the Asia-Pacific region for institutional ...

AXA IM country head exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
AXA Investment Managers' country head for Australia and New Zealand is leaving after 16 years with the firm. Craig Hurt joined AXA IM's office in London in 2004 as a director of fixed income and liability-driven investments. Three years later, he was ...

Chief economist update: Rents under covid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
Australian landlords aren't all rejoicing. Yes Virginia, we're all aware this is happening in this land "girt by sea" under pandemic but the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has actually put facts and figures behind this in its September 2020 ...

S&P launches sustainable versions of flagship indices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has launched sustainability screened versions of its core US equity indices. The new series includes the S&P 500 Sustainability Screened Index, the S&P MidCap 400 Sustainability Screened Index, and the S&P SmallCap 600 ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... investment risks for members in our Ethically Minded option," ESSSuper said. The fund said the board is still considering alternative investment managers with a strong focus on ethical investing, and in the meantime members in the Ethically Minded option ...

Bermuda-based fund launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... life settlements since April 2013, with the fund manager arguing that life settlements is a "credible fixed income alternative". Alongside a near zero correlation to equity markets, Laureola said the fund could also provide investors with regular income ...

AMP tops worst-performing super funds list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Retail superannuation funds provided by AMP and OnePath continue to charge high fees and deliver poor returns for members, the latest Fat Cat report shows. For the sixth year in a row, AMP continued to dominate robo-adviser Stockspot's Fat Cat list ...

Contango approves new WCM strategy

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... after its substantial shareholders, Wilson Asset Management (WAM) and Lanyon Asset Management, both lobbied for an alternative management proposal. CIE said the appointment of WCM, a "top tier manager with an outstanding long-term investment track record" ...

Industry, APRA mull super merger costs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
Superannuation industry stakeholders are in talks with the prudential regulator to devise a lower cost option for fund mergers, with smaller funds currently facing the potential of being priced out of merger opportunities. Appearing as part of a session ...

Real opportunity for super funds in private assets: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
While COVID-19 may have changed the shape of Australian investing, Schroders alternatives director Claire Smith believes there is plenty of opportunity in the private asset market. Smith, speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...