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Investors looking to alternatives amid low cash rate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
Investors should be looking to alternative asset classes if they wish to escape the volatility of cash and domestic equities, according to specialist fixed income asset manager Global Credit Investments (GCI). Poor yields, low cash rates and volatile ...

FIIG appoints new WA director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
Fixed income specialist FIIG Securities has appointed experienced bond fund manager and dealer Darryl Bruce as director - Western Australia. In his new role Bruce will be responsible for growing FIIG's business in WA with a focus on middle markets ...

International pension funds buy London City airport

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
Three Canadian pension funds and the Kuwait Investment Authority have won the takeover battle for London City airport with an offer of about £2 billion ($3.9 billion). A consortium made up of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), Borealis, AIMCo and ...

State Street boosts managed fund sales team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has grown its managed fund sales team in Sydney with the appointment of two experienced sales managers. Syvanna Croyden and Amanda Conner will be responsible for in-field sales, reporting to head of managed fund sales ...

Industry fears the Uber of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... the use of customer analytics, 64% said new products and services to market and 62% mentioned the need to increase IT investment. "For the finance sector, by decades' end, many financial institutions will no longer just provide a service, but know how ...

Equip to manage AustSuper's defined benefit schemes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
AustralianSuper will transfer its defined benefit plans and members to Equip during 2015 as part of a new partnership aimed at creating long-term growth opportunities for both funds. The fund's defined benefit schemes represent around 2000 members ...

US fight over adviser fiduciary rules nears end

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
While debate in the US wealth management sector regarding improved fiduciary responsibilities for advisers appears to approaching resolution, the price of this resolution is that it has retreated back to just improved disclosure rules. The Wall Street ...

APEC releases Asian Funds Passport discussion paper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
The federal government, with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), has released a consultation paper on the Asia Region Funds Passport. The paper was authored by the passport working group, which includes Australia, South Korea, New Zealand, the ...

Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
Institutional investors should update their environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards to limit investment in private equity firms that make use of the controversial leveraged buy-out (LBO) strategy, according to social policy network Catalyst. ...

Former Goldman Sachs exec to head REST in-house equities team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Former Goldman Sachs head of equity strategy Chris Pidcock will head up REST Industry Super's new in-house Australian equities investment team, REST chief executive Damian Hill has said. Pidcock, who left Goldman Sachs in 2012 after 23 years, will head ...