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Infrastructure a foundational portfolio asset class: IFM Investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... portfolio and 4.2% of overall assets. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the largest asset owner in the country and the world's largest pension fund, started investing in infrastructure a decade ago through a co-investment with OMERS. ...

Indigenous communities reunited with $25m in lost super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... services in 2023. This was up from 1600 the year before. It also increased the number of organisations trained through its On Country program - which distributed culturally appropriate financial literacy resources - to 277, up from eight in 2022. "We ...

BlackRock's Fink signals a tough road ahead for future retirees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... obviously a wonderful thing. We should want more people to live more years. But we can't overlook the massive impact on the country's retirement system," he said. It's not just that more people are retiring in America; it's also that their retirements ...

Jo Townsend named chief executive of NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... - sustainable investment delivering strong returns for all New Zealanders - sums up the importance of the Fund to the country." Townsend will take up her new role in April 2024; Paula Steed will continue as acting chief executive until then. The incoming ...

T. Rowe Price launches bond fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... Price's seventh Australian unit trust for wholesale and institutional investors. T. Rowe Price head of distribution and country head for Australia and New Zealand Darren Hall said over many years, much of the return from bond markets has been made by ...

Calls for fresh 5% hike to minimum wage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2024
... for the entire union wage claim for 2.9 million workers of 5% and still be one of the most profitable businesses in the country."

Perpetual awards State Street subsidiary a major mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... in their operating environment and enables them to scale as their business requires," he said. Meanwhile, State Street country head for Australia Tim Helyar explained that the investment manager's global network and expertise are a natural fit for Perpetual's ...

Why active managers are falling behind in emerging markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... fail because emerging markets have fragmented economic cycles and a single factor approach typically results in a single country dominating the portfolio, further reducing the effectiveness of the 'factor'. "Single factor approaches cannot be relied ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
The "shocking" prevalence of sexism and misogyny in the UK's financial services sector has led a government committee to recommend a raft of reforms. On International Women's Day, the UK government's Treasury Committee released Sexism in ...

Philip Lowe joins LIC board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... Wales premier Baird was appointed chair on 31 July 2022. Baird said: "Phil is one of the finest financial leaders in the country and has demonstrated great integrity throughout his 43 years at the RBA. I am delighted to be working alongside him as a ...