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Asset manager hires insto sales director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
A global asset manager with more than $56 billion in Australian assets is welcoming a new institutional sales director. Legg Mason, which manages $56 billion in assets in Australia, has hired a new institutional sales director from another asset manager. ...

Infrastructure manager turns up the heat

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... largest Norwegian urban area inside the Arctic Circle. Whitehelm said the deal was made on behalf of a consortium of institutional investors, and added the deal was consistent with the company's commitment to core European mid-market infrastructure companies ...

Pengana adds social measures to impact reporting

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
The $3 billion fund manager has incorporated social measures into its WHEB Asset Management Impact Report for the first time. Pengana launched its 2017 WHEB Asset Management Impact report, incorporating four social measures in addition to the five environmental ...

ESG considerations material to long-term success

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Latest research from Regnan dispels investor myths about the usefulness of ESG investing. According to Regnan, investors need not worry about the cost of considering material ESG risks in portfolios. The research house claims the long-term performance ...

CBA, ANZ told to clean up superannuation distribution

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
An ASIC investigation alleges Commonwealth Bank and ANZ branches offered superannuation products to customers at the end of general fact-finding processes, which the customers may have mistaken as "personal" advice rather than "general" advice. Commonwealth ...

Victorian super funds discuss merger plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
Two Victorian industry superannuation funds are in talks to merge, highlighting the benefits of scale to about 120,000 members. Prime Super and Combined Super have signed a memorandum of understanding, announcing the two funds are in advanced merger ...

QSuper cuts administration fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
QSuper has cut its administration fee from 18 basis points to 16 basis points - its third cut to admin fees since 2015. Yearly administration fees will be capped at $900 a year, starting with distributions paid out in July, 2019. It was $1000 previously. ...

Queensland industry funds merge

HARRISON WORLEY AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
Sunsuper is set to merge with a $2.5 billion industry fund in early 2019. In a joint statement, Sunsuper and AustSafe Super have signed a Successor Fund Transfer Deed. Both established 30 years ago, AustSafe is the super fund for rural and regional ...

Mercantile takeover of private equity fund moves ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
Mercantile OFM is moving towards the acquisition of all shares in a private equity-focused listed investment company (LIC). In an announcement to the ASX, IPE directors unanimously recommended shareholders accept the offer in the absence of a superior ...

Aviva Investors appoints Asia institutional sales head

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... management arm of the global Aviva group, has tapped in a former Macquarie and Mercer senior executive to lead its Asian institutional sales. Tom Clapham is now Aviva Investors' head of institutional sales, Asia. He has held senior roles at Macquarie ...