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Advisers must seek alternative estate planning options: Austock

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... maturity can be matched to specific planning objectives at its intended investment term; for example, to meet a long-dated endowment or an intergenerational wealth transfer. Alternatively, investment bond nominations, like superannuation nominations ...

World Vision soft launches investment fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
World Vision is soft launching an endowment fund targeting the interests of institutional investors with the intention to "put their assets to use in new ways." World Vision Australia chief executive Claire Rogers told Financial Standard the fund will ...

State Street services over half of global ETF assets

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... enhance market efficiency. Notable contributions include the launch of a tool for asset managers, pension schemes and endowment funds to screen their investments for environmental, social and governance risks, the launch of the first international security ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... consults with the top 500 asset owners in the world - comprising large pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, university endowment funds and insurance companies - representing $45 trillion. When the project was launched 10 years ago, only 2% of that ...

NAB retains long-term asset servicing mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... major Australian university for a further five years. The University of Sydney retained NAS as the custodian of its endowment funds as well as the recently-introduced Student Managed Fund, a managed portfolio run and monitored by students as part of ...

Philanthropy report offers valuable insights for NFPs: Perpetual

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Collective and collaborative giving is on the rise in Australia, with more than a third of philanthropists suggesting they give as a group as well as individually. The latest giving patterns of high-net-worth (HNW) and institutional givers was released ...

NZ Super Fund CEO joins PPI board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund's chief executive will become the next chair of the Pacific Pension and Investment Institute (PPI). Adrian Orr takes over from Washington State Investment Board executive director Theresa J Whitmarsh. Orr has previously ...

Myer Family Company appoints CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... developing innovative and robust investment strategies for large private family groups as well as institutional and endowment funds. While their approach is directly aligned to our goals-based investing approach, they are passionate about governance ...

Zurich hire grows retail risk business

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Zurich is welcoming a new national sales manager for its retail risk business as the life insurer reshapes its overall proposition. Stepping in to the role is Peter Mitchell, who joins Zurich from State Street where he was managing director and head ...

Aussie start-up wins $500m impact investing mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... profits," said GII founder Giles Gunesekera. GII is a consulting firm that creates bespoke impact investing strategies for endowment funds, foundations, banks and superannuation funds interested in investing their money in projects that achieve positive ...