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Survey shows future of mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
A survey of 110 pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies worldwide has revealed the new priority position ESG is taking in asset allocation. The survey was produced by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable ...

BlackRock appoints Asia Pacific ETF head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
BlackRock has hired from Citi to appoint a new head of iShares for Asia Pacific. Rimmo Jolly is currently Citi's regional head of ETF and index sales and business development for Asia Pacific and Japan. In his new role, Jolly will be tasked with growing ...

Northern Trust climbs custody league tables

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Northern Trust has rocketed up the asset servicing performance tables, after adding almost 30% to its assets under custody in the second half of 2019. The Australian Custodial Services Association's latest asset servicing industry statistics show Northern ...

Global fund enters private equity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
A $6 trillion global investment manager has entered a strategic partnership to provide investors access to private equity. Vanguard has announced the partnership with HarbourVest to enter the private equity market in the hopes of providing investors ...

NGS Super sets up impact committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
The $11.7 billion superannuation fund has set up an internal impact committee to explore how it can make a positive impact in its operational spending. NGS Super's impact committee will focus on two key areas: social procurement and sustainability and ...

WTW launches first Australian-domiciled fund, names RE

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has launched its first Australian-domiciled fund and appointed a responsible entity. The Global Equities Focus Fund (GEFF) will launch this month and "capture only the best investment ideas from the world's top global ...

Future Fund chief most influential public investor

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
Future Fund chief executive David Neal emerged as the most influential public investor on a global ranking of 100 executives in not-for-profit investing, which also featured nine superannuation fund executives. Public Investor 100, compiled annually ...

Cooper Investors launches equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... strategy internally for over two years with a 16% plus annualised gross return. Cooper Investors said its new Global Endowment Fund will hold a concentrated portfolio of global stocks, with a long-term time horizon. It aims to have lower volatility than ...

J.P. Morgan loses custody contract

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... supported by leading-edge technology." Funds SA manages money for public sector superannuation schemes, insurers and endowment funds. Total assets under custody stand at $3.58 trillion, after falling 1.2% in the half year to December following lackluster ...

APRA warns trustees on PYSP deadline breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... effect on the member, such as products that are already fully paid up or currently non-premium paying, whole of life and endowment products, and certain legacy products," APRA said.