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Platinum awards mandate to Northern Trust

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... into the future." Platinum finance director Andrew Stannard said many factors played into the asset manager deciding to switch to a new servicing provider. "Northern Trust's consultative approach stood out from the start. We also felt a strong cultural ...

ASX bleeds $41bn from delistings

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... raised $2 billion (US$1.3 billion) upon its debut on December 13. On December 18, DGT finalised its acquisition of Global Switch Australia, or SYD1, the only large-scale data centre campus in Sydney's CBD connected to all major submarine cables and ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... to access account balances and services. They also could not use the fund's calculators or consolidate their super, switch investments, access holdings data, upload documents, or make withdrawal requests. Further, prospective members were not able ...

Zenith hires from Preqin and Morningstar

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Zenith Investment Partners has made two new appointments to its business development team - Jim Wang and Doug Hope. Based in Sydney, they will report to Zenith's head of sales, Glenn Boyes. Wang will join the institutional team where he will oversee ...

Trustee valuation processes 'concerning': APRA review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
Many superannuation trustees have been told they must improve their valuation governance practices, with APRA finding just 11 have dedicated valuation committees while others involve staff members whose remuneration is tied to asset values in the process. ...

Eyes on gaming, Chinese tech in 2025: Orbis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... firm is bullish on gaming and believes its investment in Nintendo is going to pay off next year when its next console, the Switch 2, is launched. Historically, Nintendo's success has come in waves, experiencing what Marais describes as a 'boom-bust' ...

Trustees, advisers have 'insufficient focus' on performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... said. "We appreciate that performance can fluctuate over time and not all instances of underperformance are a reason to switch. "But if an option is persistently underperforming and maintained on an investment menu or approved for use by advisers, there ...

Super funds 'playing to their strengths' in private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
... instantaneously; private assets, meanwhile, may not be revalued for months thereafter," it said. "This can benefit members who switch out of their super fund before a private asset revaluation, while those remaining are left to absorb the eventual devaluation. ...

HMC Capital launches DigiCo REIT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... The portfolio was seeded with $2.5 billion of strategic operating assets in Australia through the acquisitions of Global Switch Australia and iseek. In addition, HMC and DigiCo REIT have entered into agreements for the acquisition of three North American ...

HESTA to pay members impacted by COVID revaluations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
HESTA has agreed to make payments to two cohorts of members impacted by valuation decisions made by the fund in March 2020. APRA said in March 2020, HESTA made downwards adjustments to five single sector Choice options invested in unlisted assets but ...