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Treasury urged to consider housing in super objective

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... pillars, including home ownership." Further, REIA said the government should look to the schemes in place in Canada, New Zealand and Singapore for young homebuyers. In Canada, the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive program offers 5 or 10% of the home's ...

Global alternatives manager lands down under

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
A US$74 billion alternatives asset manager has opened a local office and hired a head of Australia and New Zealand from HSBC. GCM Grosvenor has established an office in Sydney and appointed Andy Lukas to lead the firm's push into the region. The ...

Spotlight shines brighter on climate reporting: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... under the Corporations Act. "This move would bring Australia in line with other countries, such as the EU and UK, New Zealand and the US, which is also looking to mandate climate disclosure via SEC rules," she said. As it stands in Australia, there are ...

Zurich wins group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... brighter future together, and this outlook obviously resonated for our business," Farrar said. Zurich Australia and New Zealand chief executive Justin Delaney, said: "Zurich has made a significant commitment to group insurance globally and is focused ...

Franklin Templeton welcomes head of product, strategy

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... new funds and capabilities to Australian investors. Franklin Templeton managing director and head of Australia and New Zealand Felicity Walsh said: "I am very pleased to have Ben join my leadership team at Franklin Templeton." "He joins at a time when ...

HSBC eyes bigger slice of super pie

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2023
... 10.3% to $197 billion. Commenting on the partnership, HSBC head of markets and securities services for Australia and New Zealand Nick Wheeler said that Australian super funds' increasing focus on offshore investment is the right strategic decision for ...

Country head appointed at Fulcrum Asset Management

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... (Ambassador). Ironbark began distributing Fulcrum's strategies to the wholesale and institutional markets in Australia and New Zealand following the purchase of Ambassador in 2019. Prior to this, Ambassador had represented Fulcrum in the local institutional ...

NZ sovereign wealth fund, Northern Trust extend relationship

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2022
New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund) has extended its longstanding asset servicing and custody relationship with Northern Trust, following a review process earlier this year. Northern Trust will continue to provide the $58.7 billion super ...

Apex Group wins fund services mandate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... risk mitigation and market proximity while driving internal efficiencies and flexibility. Apex Group Australia and New Zealand head of business development Nick Bradford explained the firm is noticing a growing trend. "Global investment managers launching ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... median industry return of -3.7%. The fund ranks in the top five for MySuper/default options over one year. This is confirmed by new data from Frontier Advisors which concludes that asset allocation was more influential for the investment performance ...