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VicSuper among top pension funds, others climb

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
VicSuper is now one of the world's top pension funds, sitting alongside 16 other Australian superannuation funds, according to Willis Towers Watson. The Global 300 research from WTW's Thinking Ahead Institute looked at the world's largest ...

Aussie super asset allocation "riskier": Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... funds for retirement savers to choose from. The report also outlined the growth in alternative investing amongst pension funds, with all the countries studied having doubled their exposure to alternative assets since 2001. According to UBS, Switzerland ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... the case," he said. SUSI's four existing funds are now closed, with about 65 institutional investors across pension funds, insurance companies and family offices. The SUSI Renewable Energy Fund II, where European Investment Bank has a mandate, is ...

Diversity underscores wealth manager success

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
... executive Richard Brandweiner. Brandweiner said the volume of capital controlled by fiduciaries like fund managers, pension funds and asset owners is "now so overwhelming" that it's "too big to ignore." This amount of wealth managed and deployed ...

Westpac investment arm awards real estate mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... managers over all time periods. Principal Global Investors manages $613 billion of assets for public and private pension funds, foundations and endowments, central banks, insurance companies, sub-advisory arrangements, sovereign wealth funds and individual ...

EU to offer cross-border pension scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2018
... sold. They would be offered by a broad range of providers, principally insurance companies, banks, occupational pension funds, investment firms and asset managers. EU households are among the highest savers in the world, but the bulk of these savings ...

Private equity firm closes $558m mining fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... Capital has just closed its Denham Mining Fund at $558 million. The firm says family offices, public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and endowments represented by institutional investors have made third party commitments to the fund. ...

Macquarie shuffles infrastructure debt leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... finance at Dresdner Kleinwort. Humphrey joined the MIDIS team in 2013, bringing extensive experience working with pension funds and insurance companies across a range of disciplines as a former actuary. "Kit and I are very excited to be taking on the ...

New NAB product garners CEFC support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... they may not be able to enter into individual project financing transactions. "International superannuation and pension funds are recognising the long-term and consistent returns available from investing in large-scale renewable energy projects. We want ...

Class streamlines investment solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... risen to the significant challenges of Super Reforms; it is great to see practices 'boxing-smart' and focusing on pension funds so that the TBAR balance reporting deadline can also be met."