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Franklin Templeton appoints two distribution heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... newly-created role on July 2. FTI has also promoted the head of its Australian alternatives business to the head of institutional and alternatives. Felicity Walsh will focus on delivering the investment capabilities, including K2 Advisors. Teh and Walsh ...

Same insurance cover, different price: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
Group insurance remains cost effective and beneficial for members, but there's significant disparity among premium rates and the level of cover superannuation funds are offering, latest Rainmaker research reveals. The study of 15,000 insurance deals ...

Pacific Current invests $95m in US firm, sells Aussie infrastructure stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
Pacific Current Group has acquired a 24.9% stake in a US alternative investment firm in the same week it offloaded its remaining stake in an Australian infrastructure manager. The global multi-boutique firm has invested $94.6 million in $4.3 billion ...

US investment giant acquires global fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... markets, including real estate, infrastructure, private debt and private equity strategies on behalf of wholesale and institutional clients. It also represents $633 billion through its Hermes Equity Ownership Services (EOS) division. Hermes chief executive ...

Prime Financial boosts wealth focus

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... 65%. Prime said it will also continue to wind down Prime Accounting and Wealth Management, which was set up with an institutional partner to fund the acquisition of minority equity interests in accounting and wealth management firms. The transactions ...

Cash is cash, APRA tells super funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
The prudential regulator has chided superannuation funds for investing members' funds held in cash options into non-cash securities like bonds and hybrid debt instruments among others. APRA's review found cash options had exposure to asset-backed ...

Catholic Super backs Modern Slavery Act

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
The $9.3 billion superannuation fund's chief executive backed the anti-slavery bill introduced in the parliament yesterday. Catholic Super chief Frank Pegan said the fund is working on measures to slavery-proof its supply chain. "One tool we are ...

BNP Paribas wins $378bn admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... 2017 and introduced a new logo. The bank at the time said all of Deutsche Asset Management's business lines - institutional and retail segments and across its active, passive and alternatives range - will unite under one umbrella and operate autonomously ...

Qualitas creates LIT, enters retail market

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... from the Qualitas advisory board. Traditionally Qualitas' investor make-up has included about two-thirds from institutional investors, predominantly from overseas, and one-third from high-net-worth individuals or family offices. It currently runs ...

CIPR framework timely but questions remain

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
The retirement income strategy and implementation timeline proposed in this year's Budget is "workable and sensible" but there are concerns the Federal Government should quickly address. This is according to SuperEd, the robo-adviser aiming to improve ...