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Rest switches up recruitment focus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
Andrew Lill, the chief investment officer of $70 billion super fund Rest, says the role of a CIO is changing and not just because investment heads have to respond quickly to more volatile markets. Increasingly, investment chiefs must consider a range ...

State Street buys outsourced trading firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
... global trading solution as part of its State Street Alpha platform. State Street said its clients can also expect multi-asset class execution, including equities, fixed income, exchange-traded derivatives and foreign exchange, as well as modular-based ...

Family offices ready to take risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2023
The risk appetites of family offices around the world are increasing and they've got their sights set on investment grade fixed income and emerging market equities. That's according to a new study by Ocorian which gleaned insights from 134 family office ...

Don't wait for QAR: Press

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
ASIC commissioner Danielle Press pointed out at the Conference of Major Super Funds that retirement products need to be improved and waiting for the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) is not the best strategy. "I think the product piece is important here ...

Alternatives investors await more corrections: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... exposure to these funds, the largest proportion of any category, Preqin said. Private equity investors (53%) think their asset class is overvalued and expect a correction, although not imminently. Nearly the same number of investors (56%) agreed that ...

ASIC consults on sunsetting class orders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
ASIC is consulting on the potential remaking of class orders related to managed investment schemes and corporate directors of corporate collective investment vehicles. Class Order [CO 13/519] Changing the responsible entity ; and Class Order [CO 13/656] ...

New EM fund for Maple-Brown Abbott

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... Emerging market companies provide investors with a unique opportunity to access long-term trends including growing middle-class consumption, evolving demographics and the energy transition. Given the wide range in companies, valuations and macroeconomic ...

New relief for reissued life policies

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
... consumer harm. Life insurers can refer to ASIC Corporations (Design and Distribution Obligations-Reissued Life Policies Class Exemption) Instrument 2023/183 for more information. It will expire on 16 March 2028. "The Instrument seeks to allow for the ...

UBS throws $4.8bn lifeline to Credit Suisse

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
... acquisition will build on UBS's strengths and further enhance its ability to serve clients globally and deepen its best-in-class capabilities. "The combination supports our growth ambitions in the Americas and Asia while adding scale to our business ...

Link Group agrees to sell BCM arm

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... of companies under LCFH. "We have the desire, skill and determination to help the BCM leadership team to create a best in class, global mortgage and loan servicer." He added: "BCM has an excellent roster of banking and investor clients in Ireland, UK ...