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Boutique manager to launch LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... investment opportunities for investors who have the research capability and deep industry knowledge." The LIC has a global mandate and will initially look to invest in Australia, the wider Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. It will invest across ...

Kapstream renews industry fund relationship

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
An $8.5 billion industry superannuation fund has committed more than $200 million to Kapstream Capital's new absolute return income strategy. Marking the latest in a series of mandates awarded this year, the Australian Catholic Superannuation and ...

Industry fund awards fixed income ESG mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
An $11 billion industry fund has awarded a global bond manager a $440 million mandate to invest in global fixed income and credit. Local Government Super has given PIMCO an ESG mandate to invest in global credit and government bonds. PIMCO already holds ...

MetLife partners with industry fund for digital tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
MetLife Australia partnered with an $8 billion industry superannuation fund to launch its digital life insurance tool designed to speed up claims tracking and lodgment for fund members. Statewide Super partnered with MetLife to launch the new digital ...

OneVue and boutique fund manager ink platform deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
OneVue is building a private-label platform for a $6 billion boutique investment manager. OneVue said it has broadened its relationship with Allan Gray Australia, working together to build a custom version of OneVue's investment platform. OneVue already ...

Industry fund awards sustainable equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
An international fund manager was awarded a sustainable, emerging markets equities mandate by an $8.5 billion industry superannuation fund. Following a review, the Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund will invest an undisclosed amount ...

Global asset manager launches smart beta indices

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
A $996 billion asset manager is introducing a set of equity indices based on a multifactor approach to smart beta, aiming to outperform market-cap weighed indices by 2-4%. Aberdeen Standard Investments' quant investment strategies team developed the ...

Aussie instos back world-first blockchain bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... from market participants regarding its platform. The investor interest comes just two weeks after CBA said it had won a mandate from the World Bank to develop the Kangaroo bond. At the time, CBA said it would take input from Northern Trust, QBE and the ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... it builds out its APAC presence. SUSI Partners currently has about $1.4 billion in assets under management, including a mandate from European Investment Bank, the entity sponsored by EU members. It manages and invests in infrastructure that helps decarbonise ...

ANZ grilled over Smart Choice sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
The selling of superannuation products by ANZ branch staff has been called into question, with the Royal Commission suggesting the bank's practices are misleading and deceptive. Appearing before the Commission this morning, ANZ head of superannuation ...