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Perpetual retains RBC Investor & Treasury Services

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Perpetual has retained RBC Investor & Treasury Services as its custodian and administrator. The Royal Bank of Canada subsidiary will continue to provide custody and administration services, as well as unit pricing, fund accounting, tax and foreign exchange ...

Aspen Group to consider restructure and acquisition

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Listed property investment and funds management company Aspen Group has received an unsolicited proposal from Mill Hill Capital (MHC) to acquire Edward Baillie Capital Hotel & Leisure Fund's (EBCHLF) hotel/motel portfolio and operations, appoint two ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Australia retirement and retirement intentions The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) survey (conducted 2014-15) on retirement and retirement intentions show that Australians intend to work longer than ever before. The survey - which started a few ...

CommInsure appoints life product and strategy head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
CommInsure has appointed former senior executive, Frank Crapis, as head of life product and strategy. Crapis will replace Sally Phillips who was appointed to the role just four months earlier. CommInsure confirmed that the changes have been in motion ...

QIC equities head joins Silicon Valley firm

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
QIC's head of equities has left the group to join a Silicon Valley-based firm co-founded by a former QIC chief strategist. Rob Wood was head of equities at QIC from 2009 to 2015; prior to that, he was head of world equities at Suncorp. He has also held ...

Munich Re Australasia MD and global CEO step down

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
Both the Australasia managing director and the chief executive of Munich Re have announced they will step down from their roles. Heinrich Eder, Australasia MD since November 2005, was previously general manager non-life at Munich Re Australasia. Prior ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
US personal income and outlays Sluggish US personal income and spending data have doused speculations of an April rate hike - prompted by St. Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments last week that, "You get another strong jobs report, it looks ...

Super the bedrock for multi-sector funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Australia's superannuation funds have again proven themselves as "the bedrock contributor" for positive flows in to multi-sector funds, according to the latest Morningstar data. The firm's fourth annual Global Asset Flows Report shows the AustralianSuper ...

International pension fund creates stewardship group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... worth of companies in which GPIF invests." "We accepted Japan's Stewardship Code in Many 2014 and became a signatory of UN-PRI in September 2015. With the 'Stewardship Enhancement Group', we will work to further increase understanding of responsible ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Brazil unemployment The unemployment rate in Latin America's biggest economy jumped to 8.2% in February from 7.6% in the previous month. This is slightly higher than expectations for a rise to 8.1% but is the highest since May 2009. Hardly surprising ...