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State Street expands in Melbourne

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... Melbourne-based clients", Khoury added. According to State Street's recent global survey of pension funds, Australian asset owners are increasing their alternative asset allocations, with 65% planning to increase their exposure to real estate in the ...

Northern Trust appoints APAC head

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... Group. Here he led a team that oversees multi-asset investment programs with more than US$60 billion in assets for asset owners globally. He has been a senior investment officer and client service leader in OCIO for more than 10 years. During his career ...

Bfinance hires director for APAC expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... worldwide to expand our presence in Australia. "The local market is ripe for disruption - now more than ever, Australian asset owners must seek value for money when making investment decisions. They will stand to benefit from bfinance's unique methodology ...

New framework for in-house investing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) has developed a framework for superannuation funds and other asset owners to implement in-house investment management. The framework is included in CIFR's latest research which argues members of ...

Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... Securities Services report. The report said there was a move towards improved monitoring of fewer managers and some asset owners are moving away from six-monthly performance reviews. For example, one of the five buffer funds in the Swedish pension system ...

Silk joins PRI advisory committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... is working closely with its reporting and assessment team to develop the PRI Transparency Tool, which will provide asset owners with data from the reporting framework on investment managers' responsible investment performance. Asset Owner Insight is ...

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
The investment horizon for superannuation funds and other asset owners is at best pessimistic because the financial services industry is yet to fully wake from the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) chair Martin ...

HESTA chair on responsible investment board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... signatories - and an Australian asset consultant, "has given me a broad perspective on the approaches adopted by asset owners to responsible investment." Earlier this year and as part of HESTA's ongoing commitment to responsible investment, the $32 billion ...

Northern Trust appoints head of hedge funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... interactions between all parties involved and improve efficiencies between administrators, custodians, fund managers, asset owners and fund raisers. Capabilities include comprehensive middle office and administration services, specialising in trade processing ...

Managed accounts key to SMSF diversification

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Managed accounts are an effective vehicle for mitigating self-managed super fund diversification risk, according to HUB24 head of marketing and distribution Wes Gillett. Speaking to Financial Standard ahead of the 2015 Best Practice Managed Accounts ...