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Statewide Super confirms merger talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
Statewide Super is in advanced merger talks with two superannuation funds, confirming a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed. A spokesperson for Statewide Super told Financial Standard the fund is exploring a potential merger with WA Super and ...

Boutique fund manager drops fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
A boutique funds management group is reducing the management fees on one of its signature funds. Premium China Funds Management is dropping the management fee on its Premium Asia Fund by 45 basis points. This will sit alongside the removal of the performance ...

Pinnacle boutique opens LIT offer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
A Pinnacle boutique is raising $300 million for a new listed investment trust that will invest in private debt opportunities targeting 7% net cash income per annum. Metrics Credit Partners' new trust, the MCP Wholesale Income Opportunities Trust ...

Super fund chief executive to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
The chief executive of one of Australia's largest corporate superannuation funds is retiring and the fund is hunting for a replacement. Doug Carmichael is slated to retire in June end after nine years of leading Commonwealth Bank Group Super. The ...

NZ Super makes transparency play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
The New Zealand government's retirement savings vehicle has established a platform to record its votes at listed company AGMs. NZ Super Fund will allow stakeholders to search its voting data by country and company, down to individual resolutions across ...

Slow but steady: SMSF growth continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
The flow of retirement savings from superannuation funds to the self-managed sector continues. But is the river drying up? Rainmaker analysis of APRA data shows total net flows between APRA-regulated super funds and self-managed super funds has steadily ...

Bond fund launches to local investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
A new credit fund has launched to Australian wholesale investors. The Loomis Sayles World Multi-Asset Credit Fund invests in global investment grade and high yield credit, bank and securitised loans, and emerging markets sectors. It replicates the $US2.9 ...

Influential women in private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
As private equity enjoys some of its best years, women are moving into some of the most influential roles in the sector in Australia. The five years to 2018 were some of the strongest years for the industry with $2.5 trillion in disclosed buyout deal ...

BlackRock launches Australian bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
BlackRock launched a new indexed fund that will invest in Australian bonds with an ESG focus, with backing from a $21 billion government superannuation fund. VicSuper seeded the fund and partnered with BlackRock. BlackRock Australia's head of fixed ...

Super fund investment chief departs

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
The chief investment officer of a $9 billion superannuation fund has resigned. Ian Lundy leaves Tasplan after more than two years in the role. Lundy started at the Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) as chief investment officer in March 2011 and was instrumental ...