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Scariest themes for investors revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
A new survey from Citi has revealed what fund managers, chief executives and chief financial officers across Australia and New Zealand are most concerned about. Stagflation, China's slowdown and a global energy crunch were top of mind for over 1500 ...

NAB adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
The big four bank appointed the former chief executive and founder of Vocus Communications as a non-executive director. James Spenceley founded Vocus Communications in 2007, which was recently acquired by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets for ...

Macquarie leads Aussie managers in global ranking

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
Macquarie Group continues to be Australia's largest fund manager with US$424 billion in assets and places it 64th in a global ranking. In this year's top 500 largest global asset managers list compiled by Willis Towers Watson and Thinking Ahead ...

Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
The super industry is calling for mandated consistency on portfolio holdings disclosure after it was recommended the Future Fund be exempt from disclosing commercially sensitive information. The Senate Committee report released this week on disclosure ...

Industry mixed over FSC advice framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
The financial advice industry welcomes the Financial Services Council (FSC) recommendations to help reduce red tape and make financial advice more affordable, but one dealer group is unsure whether the FSC is trustworthy - particularly for risk advisers. ...

IFM partially acquires energy company

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
The IFM Global Infrastructure Fund will take a €2 billion stake in Naturgy Energy Group, a Spanish multinational natural gas and electrical energy utilities company. The fund, advised by IFM Investors, will shortly complete its all-cash voluntary ...

AustralianSuper acquires Qantas site

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
As part of a consortium, AustralianSuper will acquire a 14-hectare redevelopment site from Qantas Airways worth $802 million. AustralianSuper joined forces with logistics company LOGOS to take over the land, which is based in Mascot and located near ...

TWUSUPER cans merger plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
TWUSUPER has decided to not proceed with its planned merger with EISS Super, saying it will pursue other options. In a statement this morning, TWUSUPER advised the merger will not go ahead, saying: "Any merger must be in members' best interest." ...

Aware Super makes investment team changes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021
As Aware Super continues its ambitious growth trajectory towards becoming a $250 billion fund it has made some changes to its investment team. Damien Webb has been made deputy chief investment officer. Webb joined Aware Super in 2014 as head of income ...

Digital advice firm hires for institutional strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
Ignition Advice has appointed a senior adviser to provide its senior management with guidance in executing not only its business strategy in Asia Pacific but also its global pension fund strategy. Andrew Baker is currently a director of global advisory ...