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Zenith hires former asset management chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... management and investment research. He was previously chief executive and founding partner of Concise Asset Management, a Melbourne-based Australian equities fund manager. Over nine years, his primary focus was on relationship management across institutional ...

Infrastructure receives $24.5 billion injection

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... include $1 billion towards an urban congestion fund, $3.5 billion for roads of strategic importance, $5 billion for the Melbourne Airport Rail Link, and $1.75 billion for the North-Eastern link in Victoria. Perpetual Private sees opportunity for investors ...

Insto investment committees step away from status quo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... oversees or monitors the approach at regular intervals. Speaking at the 2018 Willis Towers Watson Ideas Exchange in Melbourne, O'Gorman said there are three major risks to this approach. The first is that overall investment objectives are misaligned ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... paper to push for structural policy reforms for women, 80% of whom don't have enough upon retirement. ASFA has condemned Melbourne-based Grattan Institute's research that argues lifting SG will "hurt living standards" of low-income earners - majority ...

Former NAB subsidiary flags merger with Virgin Money

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... from NAB in early 2016 after shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of a UK exit. At the bank's scheme meeting in Melbourne, NAB chair Ken Henry explained the demerger would be structured with a new holding company, CYBG PLC, taking 75% ownership ...

QIC expands executive team, bolsters US footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... billion of funds under management and more than 1000 employees. Headquartered in Brisbane, it has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Fort Lauderdale, San Francisco, London and Copenhagen.

MDA provider makes key hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... with Lonsec, most notably as acting managing director between 2010 and 2012. Semmens commenced in April and is based in Melbourne. MGP is still searching for a chief operations officer. MGP has also appointed a new head of product. Promoted from within ...

Retirement spending declines faster than believed: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... replacement rate of 70% of final earnings, which is used by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, does not reflect the experience of individual retirees as they age, though it is useful ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... figure can't be right if you hold a normative view, he said. Speaking at the 2018 Willis Towers Watson Ideas Exchange in Melbourne this morning, Urwin said the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) was a leader in asset owner stewardship. ...

Centuria bets on ex-CBD Sydney office building

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... purchased the remaining 50% of the building. "We see significant value in metropolitan office assets, relative to Sydney and Melbourne CBD assets at this point in the cycle - particularly for those tenants being priced out of the CBD areas. This is supported ...