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Future Fund reshuffles investment team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... Fund chief executive David Neal said the new structure is designed to maintain the organisation's significant asset class expertise while providing additional scope for collaboration across teams and sectors. He added Brakey has been instrumental ...

Industry responds to Dover shutdown

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... closes it can be painful," he said. Elsewhere, Hamilton Blackstone Lawyers is already investigating the possibility of a class action against Dover on behalf of affected authorised representatives, with managing director Christean Yazbeck inviting advisers ...

Global $221bn manager hires BlackRock exec for new Australian office

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
A global investment manager headquarted in Zurich has appointed the head of wealth for BlackRock's local iShares business to lead an expansion into the Australian market. Alex Zaika will become managing director for Australia at GAM Investments ...

AustralianSuper exec makes next top CIO list

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
An AustralianSuper investor is featured on a new list of 50 finance professionals whom recruiters say are currently the most coveted for chief investment officer (CIO) roles. The $129 billion superannuation fund's head of portfolio construction ...

Netwealth boosts class action involvement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
In its latest round of platform enhancements, Netwealth has added the ability for investors to participate in class actions. As of this month, Netwealth has made available information on open class actions within the platform's Corporate Actions ...

Promotions at Zenith to capitalise on growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
Growth in its managed accounts offering has seen Zenith Investment Partners promote its head of research to a new role and add to its investment consulting team. Zenith head of research Bronwen Moncrieff has been promoted to the role of general manager ...

FirstChoice adds natural resources strategy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
A global investment manager with more than $484 billion in assets under management has added its global natural resources strategy to Colonial First State's FirstChoice platform. Janus Henderson's global natural resources strategy is now available on ...

Outlook darkens for bank stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... falls more substantially by a 2-3% compound, and credit impairment charges rise significantly as the credit cycle turns. Class actions for mortgage mis-selling also present litigation risks as a tail risk in UBS's downside scenario. "The housing ...

Responsible investment now mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... of funds reported such fund-wide strategies. The report shows that responsible investment implementation is still asset class specific. While 81% of funds reported implementing a responsible investment strategy across at least one asset class, usually ...

StatePlus awards custody mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
StatePlus has awarded a custody mandate to the same provider as its $90 billion parent First State Super. The financial advice and investments firm's custody mandate was won by State Street. State Street will now provide StatePlus with back office ...