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IRESS acquires market data firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
Financial technology company IRESS is acquiring an international provider of market data and trading infrastructure. IRESS will pay up to €38.9 million for QuantHouse which provides more than 145 data feeds from exchanges and other data providers ...

Life insurers post strong March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
Latest APRA life insurance stats show the life insurance industry turned a $536 million net profit after tax in the first three months of 2019 after a loss-making December quarter, but full-year results are still bleak. The industry reported a net profit ...

Legg Mason launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... outperformance with the Legg Mason QS Investors Global Equity Fund, importantly they also have ESG capabilities in the institutional market. Legg Mason head for Australia and New Zealand, Andy Sowerby, said: "It's a privilege to be able to offer this ...

Macquarie, Aberdeen Standard team up for Thames tunnel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
A consortium of global infrastructure heavyweights including Macquarie Capital and Aberdeen Standard Investments will build a £1 billion tunnel under the River Thames. The RiverLinx consortium has been selected by Transport for London (TfL) to design ...

AMP faces super fee gouge class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
AMP said it will "vigorously" defend the class action launched by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, alleging it overcharged superannuation fund members fees unjustifiably. Backed by litigation funder Harbour, the law firm filed a class action seeking compensation ...

Alternatives manager adds former Morningstar head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... benefits and mechanics of alternative strategies to investors, as the firm seeks to grow its Australian business with institutional and wholesale investors "including financial advisers and platforms". CFM head of Asia Pacific Steve Shepherd said Stanford's ...

SSGA launches four model portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... diversification benefits." One interesting trend Choudhury is seeing is financial advisers looking to what the big, institutional investors are doing and where their mindset is heading. SSGA is aiming to bring this type of quality to the adviser market ...

Super funds can spearhead infrastructure: Expert

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
A Financial Services Council panel discussion today considered the possibility of superannuation funds taking a greater role in building Australia's infrastructure. Asked how the financial services industry was shaping up in the current economic ...

Mercer hires investment strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... looking forward to working with Mercer's team to deliver greater investment outcomes for superannuation members and institutional clients alike."

British MPs prod own pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
UK members of parliament have backed a call to offload any fossil fuel investments held in the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund. More than 240 serving and former MPs have signed the 'Divest Parliament' pledge, calling on the fund's trustees to ...