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Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
Mercer is expanding its reach in the Japanese asset management market, acquiring a $7.4 million multi-manager. Mercer has entered an agreement to purchase BFC Asset Management, an independently-owned firm focused on providing alternative investment ...

Former Paradice executive takes on chief operating role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
A boutique Australian equities manager has appointed a new chief operating officer from Paradice Investment Management. Paradice's former head of client services Tarren Summers has joined Glennon Capital to "implement and contribute to the determination ...

Aberdeen Standard expands in mainland China

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
Aberdeen Standard Investments announced it secured a licence to operate in the Chinese market via its subsidiary Aberdeen Asset Management (Shanghai). The licence granted by the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC) will enable the firm to manufacture ...

LIC fund reopens to investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... (NTA) are available. He added retail investors can still access this opportunity through the flagship Affluence Investment Fund. While most investors concentrate holdings in five to six of the biggest LICs, the real opportunities are outside that group ...

ETF fees to plunge: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
As the cost of exchange-traded funds continues to plummet and becomes more affordable, there is still room for competition in the booming sector, latest EY research reveals. Over the next three years, EY's ETF report shows the global market will reach ...

Financial Standard journalist recognised in press awards

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
Financial Standard journalist Jamie Williamson has been honoured for two news stories on Australia's institutional investment industry, receiving a major accolade at the State Street Institutional Press Awards for Asia Pacific. In her first year as ...

Government launches emerging market impact investment fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
A new impact investment fund aimed at leveraging private investment in small and medium enterprise in the Asia-Pacific region has been launched by the Australian Government. The $40 billion emerging markets impact investment fund will support SME's ...

Students to manage university fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Top third-year Bachelor of Commerce students at Griffith University will actively manage a $250,000 investment fund with the purpose of generating returns to fund future student scholarships. Launched earlier this week, the Student Investment Fund will ...

ASIC reviews RG97 impact

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... implement and that this implementation takes time." ASIC noted understanding fees and costs across super and managed investment fund products remains an ongoing challenge for retail consumers, and that it will focus on getting the requirements right. ...

QIC adopts regtech solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... of a managed data services and regtech solution provider as part of a strategy to enhance its operations. The investment fund for the Queensland state government implemented a managed data service solution from RIMES Technology, now receiving a broad ...