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Morgan Stanley to acquire Eaton Vance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... leader in key secular growth areas, including in individual separate accounts, customised investment solutions through Parametric, and responsible ESG investing through Calvert," Morgan Stanley said. "A leader in value-add fixed income solutions, Eaton ...

New platform launches for super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... funds aiming to help navigate the mounting pressure to improve returns and lower investment fees, costs and taxes. Parametric announced the new platform, saying with super funds facing increased pressures it aims to offer "equity agility" as its core ...

Tax impacting super fund investment strategies: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
New research from Parametric Australia suggests the taxation system is negatively impacting super funds' long horizon approach to investing. The research, titled Unlocked: A Framework for Superannuation Equity Portfolio Evolution in a Taxable Environment ...

Eaton Vance wins super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund currently has a third of its 90,000 members in the retirement phase. The Parametric affiliate and ACRSF have worked together for the past year on the equities strategy. "We didn't want to wait for the ...

No golden ticket for super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... provided evidence that superannuation funds won't be able to guild returns through investments in gold, according to Parametric. Parametric managing director of research Raewyn Williams said investments in gold failed to provide a safe haven from market ...

Super funds could boost returns by 59bps: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... tax costs and transaction costs to deliver meaningful benefits to funds and their members, according to new research. Parametric said the research draws on concerns amongst superannuation funds about how to meet investment objectives when markets are ...

Eaton Vance hires institutional distribution head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... Paribas' local division. Thurgood will report to the local chief of Eaton Vance's majority-owned subsidiary Parametric Portfolio Associates, Chris Briant, who said he was delighted to bring Thurgood aboard. "His [Thurgood's] extensive experience ...

Parametric bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
Parametric announced three new hires - a new head of responsible investing, managing director of research and director of research. Gwen Le Berre will step into the lead responsible investing role, replacing Jennifer Sireklove who is now managing director ...

Should super funds segregate pension assets?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... follow QSuper's lead and start segregating their pension assets? That's a question a new research paper by Parametric managing director research Raewyn Williams aims to answer. Most APRA-regulated super funds follow an unsegregated structure ...

Parametric critiques Productivity Commission's final report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Parametric have taken the final Productivity Commission report into superannuation to task in its latest research report. According to the firm, the PC missed an opportunity to highlight how super members retiring on after-tax returns are penalised ...