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State Street appointed alternatives custodian at GPIF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
State Street has been appointed the custodian of alternative investments at Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). The GPIF manages about $1.5 trillion and according to its latest figures, paid State Street about $8.3 million in custodial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
ECB policy decision As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy unchanged - repo rate at 0%; marginal lending facility rate at 0.25%; deposit facility rate at minus 0.4%; monthly purchases at €80 billion - at its 21 April meeting. ...

HUB24 adds three international managers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
HUB24 has added three new international managed portfolios to its platform in a bid to expand Australian investor's ability to directly access professionally managed international portfolios. The new managed portfolios are provided by Arnhem Investment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
Australia sales of new motor vehicles Sales of new motor vehicles jumped by 2.2% in the month of March - the highest increase in six months -- following an unchanged reading in the previous month, indicating that Australian consumer is lifting discretionary ...

CPA granted AFSL

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
ASIC has granted CPA Australia an Australian Financial Services licence (AFSL) and an Australian Credit Licence (ACL) for its wholly owned subsidiary, CPA Australia Advice. The granting of the licences is an important step in the establishment of the ...

Infrastructure Capital Group targets $1bn for asset purchases

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Fund manager Infrastructure Capital Group (ICG) is looking to raise $1 billion from domestic and international institutional investors to add quality established infrastructure businesses and new development projects to its mid-market infrastructure ...

Royal Commission won't hit banks where it hurts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Labor's proposed $53 million Royal Commission won't change big bank behaviour like losing market share to smaller competitors would, according to the Customer Owned Banking Association. COBA chief executive Mark Degotardi argued in a statement that ...

NAB hires former AllianceBernstein Australia CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
NAB Asset Management has appointed a head of global institutional distribution. Ross Kent was previously institutional regional director, Australia and New Zealand at Dimensional. He was also chief executive for Australia and New Zealand and executive ...

Cash top of mind for investors

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
Cash has overtaken real estate and domestic equities as the dominant asset class as Australians become increasingly more conservative in their investment choices, according to the Legg Mason 2016 Global Investment Survey. The survey revealed there was ...

Plato releases global managed risk fund for retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
Plato Investment Management has launched a managed risk version of its Global Shares Income Fund, targeted at retiree investors looking for access to global equities. The goal of the managed risk fund is to deliver income while "substantially" reducing ...