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AMP faces fresh class action

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
AMP is facing a fresh class action, as Shine Lawyers confirms it is investigating whether the firm's financial advisers breached their fiduciary and statutory duties to an estimated 100,000 clients. Shine Lawyers alleges the beleaguered firm failed ...

Product provider makes big FASEA promise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
Lonsec has released a new product which it says will help financial advisers avoid getting caught out by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority Code of Ethics. Lonsec says it has solutions to help financial advisers meet the Code of Ethics ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
Global institutional pension fund assets among the 22 largest markets bounced back in 2019 to climb by 15%, reaching US$46.7 trillion. Over the last decade, the fastest growing pension markets in the world have been in Asia and the US - with South Korea's ...

More engagement with custodians needed: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) is urging institutional investors to forge closer relationships with custodians to ensure better outcomes are achieved. ACSA released a report describing the evolving role custodians play in Australia's ...

How to lose a mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
A concern other than the usual key personnel and fee changes is gaining traction among institutional investors in triggering unplanned reviews of external investment mandates, says new research. CoreData surveyed 117 institutional investors from around ...

Global fund enters private equity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... said private equity will complement the firms' index and actively-managed funds as it seeks to broaden access to the asset class and improve client outcomes. "While this strategy will be initially available to institutional advised clients, we aim to ...

Future Fund chief to lead IFM Investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
David Neal is set to jump from leading the $168 billion Future Fund to heading IFM Investors after Brett Himbury's resignation last year. Neal has been at Future Fund since its inception, starting as the chief investment officer in 2007 and then ...

Super fee obsession must stop

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
In one of the first submissions to the Retirement Income Review, the body for private market investors has urged the government to focus less on fees and consider the place for illiquid assets in MySuper. Citing APRA's heat maps as an example, the Australian ...

Pzena introduces second fund to Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
Spurred by the local success of its emerging markets value fund, Pzena Investment Management has introduced its second Australian pooled vehicle. The classic value equities manager has launched the Pzena Global Focused Value fund to Australian and New ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... but as cash rates trend lower and as cash reserves increase, find a manager who can outperform in the most boring asset class of them all: fixed income and cash."