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Global $430bn manager enters Australian market

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
A US-based global alternatives firm with more than $430 billion in assets under management is setting up shop in Sydney, appointing a local principal in the process. As head of Australia and New Zealand, James Martin will spearhead Hamilton Lane's operations ...

Veteran WTW investments head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
Willis Towers Watson's head of investments for Asia-Pacific will leave the company after 23 years, and a successor has been appointed. Naomi Denning originally joined WTW in 1994. She also worked as an asset consultant at Mercer for five years, and ...

Hunter Hall funds and LIC receive makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
The investment strategies for Hunter Hall's international equities funds will be updated following its merger with Pengana Capital, while the Hunter Hall Global Value board has also received a shakeup. Maintaining the current ethical screens in their ...

Stamp duty axing treated with caution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
The NSW Government decision to abolish all stamp duty for first homebuyers on existing and new homes up to $650,000, and stamp duty discounts up to $800,000, is being met with caution from a financial adviser. Announced by Premier Gladys Berejiklian ...

Women in Super names 2017 scholarship winners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Women in Super (WIS) continues its advocacy for better female representation on superannuation boards and leadership roles through its scholarship programme, now in its third year running. The national advocacy and networking group has collaborated ...

Industry fund wins stake in Endeavour Energy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
An industry super fund is exposing its 1.9 million members to an additional infrastructure asset after securing a stake in NSW electricity distribution company Endeavour Energy. REST Industry Super, alongside a consortium of companies including Macquarie ...

First State Super wins government lease

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
First State Super and Hastings Funds Management have won the bid to run New South Wales' land registry services, allowing the state to invest $2.6 billion in proceeds to infrastructure projects. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Treasurer Dominic Perrottet ...

Gross and PIMCO settle dispute

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
Star bond manager Bill Gross has settled a law suit with former employer PIMCO, ending a 15-month legal battle. Gross, 72, sued PIMCO for $US200 million following his abrupt departure from the firm in 2014, claiming that he was forced out so colleagues ...

Soul Pattinson pockets Hunter Hall via Pengana merger

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
After NAB sold its significant stake in Pengana Capital to Washington H. Soul Pattinson earlier this week, Pengana and Hunter Hall are set to merge, bringing the future of Hunter Hall's current investment team into question. Assuming shareholder approval ...

How women get ahead in financial services: Executive

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Profile: Siobhan Blewitt, Executive director, financial adviser, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Even before Siobhan hit the trading floor, she was training herself for a career with the boys. Collecting glasses in the back of a Melbourne public bar ...