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Funds management veteran retires

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... investment journalist at the AFR in 1979. He then took on an internship at Provident National Corporation subsidiary PNC International in 1983 before moving onto Potts West Trumbull and Prudential Bache Securities, working in institutional advice and ...

Asset managers lax in building relationships

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... Asset managers are not doing enough to actively engage and create meaningful dialogue with investee companies, an international survey shows. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which has ¥144.8 trillion ($1.7 trillion) in assets, sought ...

First State Super appoints CFO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... experience to the role having worked in finance and strategic business development roles for major Australian and international financial institutions including senior positions at specialist infrastructure fund manager CP2, Standard Chartered Bank in ...

ASX creates more opportunities for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... provider. According to Stevens, both local investors and fund managers will benefit from access to a growing range of international companies, particularly those in high tech industries that have been traditionally out of reach. "While US IPOs have been ...

AMP continues goals-based advice focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... corporate superannuation employer channels. It will also explore options to extend advice capability and systems into international markets. "Our strategy continues AMP's shift from a product and distribution business to a customer-led organisation focused ...

Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... above average, ranking fifth from 15 countries. According to a statement released by ASIC, the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study evaluated the financial literacy of 15-year-olds from 15 countries, and their ability to understand ...

Foreign trust disclosures overhauled in NZ

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... available to the tax departments of overseas tax," Woodward said. In his recent post for MSI Global Alliance - an international association for independent accountancy and law firms - Woodward said in most tax jurisdictions the tax residency of a trust ...

Global equities boutique wins super fund mandate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
A NAB Asset Management minority owned investment boutique has picked up an international equities mandate from an industry superannuation fund. Intermede Investment Partners, a bottom-up investment manager that looks for companies with long-term sustainable ...

Reporting overhaul to hit insurer profits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... significantly affected by a new global accounting standard overhauling how premiums and claims are reported. Under new international accounting standard IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts, a life insurance and reinsurance company will need to provide accurate ...

Rising yields benefit active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... instruments such as interest rate derivatives, inflation linked bonds, credit options and investing in different international markets or adding currency investments to a portfolio. "Bonds will always play a key role in a diversified portfolio however ...