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Investment committees must consider culture

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... often undervalued at asset owner and asset management firms. Speaking at a recent Willis Towers Watson ideas exchange in Sydney, the firm's global head of investment content Roger Urwin said people have often drawn a blank when it comes to how culture ...

Fixed income investors turning to Serbia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... portfolio manager and head of international fixed income Arif Husain. Speaking at the T. Rowe Price Equities Adviser event in Sydney, Husain emphasised the importance of balancing a fixed income portfolio along core stable, defensive and return-seeking ...

Australian trust in financial services low

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... investors acting ethically in all interactions scraped in just above fully disclosed fees at 72%. Speaking at an event in Sydney, Damian Graham, chief investment officer at StatePlus argued that consumer trust must be built through face to face relationships ...

Qualitas adds two directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Real estate investment management firm Qualitas has made two senior appointments to its Sydney team. Diana Saw joins as director, risk management, and Ivan Katz as director, private capital. The new roles have been created as the firm expands its Sydney-based ...

Charter Hall's FUM grows to $17bn

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... a new wholesale trust with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI), together acquiring 100% of One Shelley Street, Sydney for $525 million. One Shelley Street, Sydney is 100% leased to Macquarie Group and is located directly adjacent to the south ...

Good asset owners benchmarked at $30bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... strategy according to global consultant Willis Towers Watson. The firm's global head of investment, Chris Ford, told a recent Sydney ideas exchange that few asset owners globally have the required scale (US$30 billion) to do a good job, and those that ...

Centuria acquires Zenith Centre, launches new fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... said he was confident the fund would provide attractive returns to investors due to the property's location and quality. "Sydney's North Shore office market is already performing strongly, and we expect that it will continue to experience falling vacancies ...

Australia joining global retirement focus: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... superannuation system moving from an accumulation focus to retirement income. Speaking at a Ranstad Lecture Series event in Sydney yesterday, Benari said about four years ago 8% of Challenger's share registry was made up of foreign-owned institutions. ...

Client relationship manager for Calastone

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... Greg Whitaker will join the firm to support Calastone's expanding operations across Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, Whitaker will be responsible for servicing platforms, fund manager, administrators and custodians across Australia and New ...

Robo advice set to fail: Morningstar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... according to Morningstar's head of adviser solutions, Andrew Whelan. Speaking at the 2016 Morningstar Investment Conference in Sydney, Whelan argued that the cost of client acquisition would be too high for pure robo advisers to sustain their businesses ...