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Retirement income under review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
The government has established a review into Australia's retirement income system, following through on the Productivity Commission's recommendation. Announced on Friday afternoon, the review's terms of reference will examine the three pillars ...

State Street bolsters transition team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... to that, he was transition manager for Goldman Sachs Australia after working his way up from an associate role in institutional equities. Menon spent almost seven years with Goldman Sachs. He got his start in the industry at Fortis and Credit Suisse. ...

Bennelong boutique scores first insto mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
A Bennelong boutique investing in listed real estate has won its first institutional allocation from a specialist insurer. Quay Global Investors won an undisclosed amount from Avant Mutual Group, as the latter switched managers and increased allocation ...

Rainmaker Group expands into ESG media, acquires The Sustainability Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... development because of its growing importance to Financial Standard readers and RainmakerLive's diverse client base of institutional and wholesale investors," he said. "We believe that The Sustainability Report and Audacious Investing will fill that ...

Evidence of "pay to play" in US pension consulting

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... executives," the paper said. The results were most pronounced for firms offering pension consulting services, those with institutional accounts (such as institutional asset managers) and those headquartered in US states with a high concentration of public ...

Super expert re-joins Mercer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... brief stint leading superannuation consulting at Rice Warner. Tim Jenkins has been appointed partner in Mercer's institutional wealth division, just over six years after he left behind a 28 year career at the global financial services firm. Jenkins' ...

Boutique wins industry fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... was the portfolio manager of Perpetual's Australian Share Fund, Industrial Share Fund, Ethical SRI Fund and Institutional mandates. The boutique's chief executive Matt Nacard, is a former Macquarie Securities co-head of Asia Equities. "We have ...

FASEA ethics pose risk to managed accounts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
The Institute of Managed Accounts Professionals (IMAP) has made a submission to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, questioning its consideration of conflicts of interest in the Code of Ethics. IMAP said Standard 3 in the FASEA Code ...

Neuberger Berman launches new fund

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... Standard, Thompson said the decision to launch the fund in Australia was based on the fact they had continued growth in institutional markets, and because they were gaining more brand recognition. Australian investors, he said, are concerned about valuations ...

Global manager launches European infrastructure fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... while acting as a promoter of industry best practice," he said. First Sentier continues to see strong demand from institutional investors for investment opportunities offering long-term predictable and stable income, he added. "We've been delighted ...