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Smart beta here to stay, research confirms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... owners in Europe have evaluated smart beta indexes and only 2% did not anticipate evaluating them in the next 18, compared to North America, where 61% of asset owners evaluated smart beta and 23% did not expect to look at it in the next 18 months. The ...

BNP appoints OneVue as unit registry provider

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... Financial Standard, OneVue has expressed its ambition of becoming "the Australian unit registry utility" in the vein of North American State Street joint ventures Boston Financial Data Services and International Financial Data Services. Explaining this ...

ACSA awards best custody executives

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has recognised the industry executives who made contributions to the custody industry in the 2015 ACSA Awards. HSBC Securities Service manager of corporate actions Alvaro Martinez, Merrill Lynch head ...

Statewide hands COO acting chief executive role

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
Statewide Super has made longstanding chief operating officer, Nicolle Rantanen, its acting chief executive officer. Rantanen began the role in May following the departure of John O'Flaherty, who led the fund for five years and oversaw significant growth ...

Folkestone develops two Melbourne properties

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... manager Folkestone has announced two new developments in Melbourne. The first is a 3.4 hectare former Bunnings site in Altona North, next to its existing Millers Junction development. Folkestone hopes to consolidate these holdings to "create a substantial ...

Budget projections risk being too optimistic, economists warn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Chief economists from major financial institutions have warned that the Government's projected revenue growth included in Budget 2015 risks being too optimistic. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver acknowledged that Treasurer Joe Hockey replaced the focus ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... Fortescue Metals fell two cents at $2.56. The energy stocks were the weakest performers, after the West Texas and Brent North Sea oil prices dived after hitting 2015 highs. Oil and gas explorer Woodside fell 46 cents, or 1.3 per cent, to $34.60, Santos ...

QIC extends partnership with Northern Trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Australian institutional fund manager QIC recently appointed Northern Trust to provide global custody, fund accounting, taxation and associated services for its range of Australian fund products. The appointment follows Northern Trust's commitment to ...

AMP wealth management grows AUM

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... executive, Craig Meller, said cashflows across the business are encouraging, particularly in contemporary products such as the North wrap platform, which is attracting good external flows. "Our focus on Asia continues to deliver results and the insurance ...

OneVue announces management, strategy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
... the fund, OneVue announced in its update the goal of becoming "the Australian unit registry utility", comparing itself to North American State Street joint ventures Boston Financial Data Services and International Financial Data Services. "BFDS and IFDS ...