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Blue Sky denies private equity selloff

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Shortly after announcing its domestic retail hedge fund would be wound up, Blue Sky assured investors it has no intention of selling its private equity business. KPMG is currently conducting an independent review of all Blue Sky-managed assets, although ...

UniSuper hire bolsters customer experience focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
The $66 billion superannuation fund for the higher education and research sectors has created a head of customer experience role. Former NAB head of digital design and user experience Brendan Donoghue has been appointed by UniSuper in the newly created ...

VFMC welcomes former Australia Post Super executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
The head of investments at Australia Post Superannuation Scheme has joined Victoria Funds Management Corporation. VFMC confirmed Ezinne Udeh Martinez commenced as a portfolio strategist at the public sector fund manager this week. Martinez joined Australia ...

Industry fund welcomes new investment head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
A senior consultant from Frontier Advisors has joined the leadership team of a $27 billion industry superannuation fund. Daniel Selioutine has been named as head of investment at ESSSuper, overseeing the ESSSuper Accumulation Fund and ESSSuper's wider ...

Magellan launches retail Australian equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Magellan's acquisition of Airlie Funds Management has led to the latter launching its Australian equities fund to retail investors for the first time. The Airlie Australian Share Fund holds a concentrated portfolio of 15-35 Australian listed companies. ...

LaSalle acquires Aviva real estate business

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
LaSalle Investment Management will become one of the world's largest non-listed indirect real estate investment managers following its acquisition of Aviva Investors' real estate multi-manager business. Aviva is also forming a new real assets ...

Industry stakeholders welcome PC report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
The Financial Services Council welcomes key recommendations made in the Productivity Commission's assessment of superannuation efficiency and competitiveness. It agrees consumer outcomes could be significantly improved. A central finding of the PC report ...

Aussie retail crypto fund flags broker partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
A new cryptocurrency investment fund open to retail investors is entering a strategic partnership with one of Australia's largest crypto broker firms. The New Dawn Fund was launched in April and is led by managing director Rob Dey, who was previously ...

Parametric wins $60m global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
Parametric won a $60 million mandate for its tax-managed indexing (TMI) strategy from an $8.5 billion super fund. Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (ACSRF) previously awarded Parametric an after-tax passive global equities mandate ...

Industry fund promotes internally to drive growth

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
An industry super fund with more than $44 billion in funds under management has appointed a group executive of people, technology and enablement. Cbus has promoted current group executive for member experience, Michelle Boucher, into the new role. Cbus ...