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New owner at Strategic Insight

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... superannuation funds, Aussie insurers In Australia, managed funds and equities. It's latest research charted the inflows for TAL, CommInsure and peers. It's sale to ISS will feed into the ISS's data intelligence arm. Both SI and ISS are owned ...

Equip wins $190m superannuation mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
Equipsuper has won a $190 million corporate superannuation mandate that will welcome some Qantas Super fund members. Global air services provider dnata will move 1100 employees, some of which are under a defined benefit scheme, to Equipsuper. It follows ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
It is competition time for Australia's top investment talent as the Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards 2019 unveils its shortlist. This year will see investment giants vie alongside small boutiques to take home 19 awards. AMP Capital ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... FOS' terms of reference, counsel assisting Rowena Orr said. Meanwhile, other life insurers reported positive inflows. TAL (4.9%), Zurich (3.7%), Suncorp (2%) and BT/Westpac (2%) were the life insurers that recorded the highest inflows of individual ...

Where UniSuper sees market opportunities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 DEC 2018
UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce spoke to Financial Standard earlier this month about market opportunities, building the fund's in-house investment team and CIPRs. Pearce said the fund doesn't particularly see a need to pull back ...

$200k on the life-line for new Freedom chief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... Freedom's new chief executive includes a $200,000 pay increase if he can secure the firm a life insurance licence. Former TAL general manager Sean Williamson began his tenure as chief executive of Freedom on 14 December. The life insurance distributer ...

Chief economist update: Is there a bear in there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
It may not be Play School - yes, I was watching this Australian TV kiddie show when the kids were growing up - but the Australian Financial Review (AFR) and Bloomberg's now talking about the grizzly. "The S&P 600 small cap index fell into a bear ...

Former Liberal Party leader joins Islamic super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
A former Liberal Party leader has joined the board of a $250 million Islamic superannuation fund. John Hewson will join the board of Crescent Wealth as it prepares for significant growth in 2019. Hewson led the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. Hewson ...

Janus Henderson promotes talent

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
An internal promotion has seen Janus Henderson Investors' fixed interest team gain a co-portfolio manager. The capability is further boosted with the appointment of a new analyst. Shan Kwee is transitioning from credit strategist to co-portfolio manager ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Could it be? Could it be that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is now pondering the likelihood that the next move in interest rates is down rather than up? In early June this year, I put forth a thesis that long stretches of steady interest rates ...