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Fund manager names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... ultimately to fund the retirement of their members. Rosemary is ISPT's second female chair." Under the IPFM partnership, institutional investors will be provided with execution and management of international unlisted real estate investments. The company ...

IOOF flags ANZ Wealth results ahead of acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
IOOF alerted shareholders to the updated performance figures for the businesses it is planning to acquire from ANZ. The bank's 1H18 results reveal that cash profits in the wealth division slid by 24% to $44 million. ANZ said this was because of a non-recurring ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... issues around group-think or silo thinking. In the past five years there had been much improvement, Urwin added. For institutional investors globally, Urwin said boards must not compromise on investment competence, and the "perfect number" for an investment ...

CBA enters APRA EU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
APRA has accepted an Enforceable Undertaking from Commonwealth Bank, having determined the bank's operational risk management framework "worked better on paper than in practice." Releasing the final report of its prudential inquiry into CBA, the regulator ...

Industry fund launches assistant on Google Home

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
One of Australia's largest industry superannuation funds has integrated its virtual assistant with Google Home. Rest has joined its virtual assistant Roger with Google Home, allowing members to ask the device common questions and receive spoken answers. ...

US project to end pension politics

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
An American non-profit - led by a former state treasurer - is demanding pension plan managers stop putting politics before prudent investment. The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI) says if a fund manager is investing pension money based on ...

Financial services giants launch ESG indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... services heavyweights have collaborated to launch a suite of environmental, social and governance (ESG) indices for institutional investors. J.P. Morgan and BlackRock have joined forces to create the J.P. Morgan ESG Index (JESG), which aims to meet bond ...

Kina expands IRESS relationship

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
A Papua New Guinean bank and wealth management firm is expanding the implementation of an IRESS fund administration platform. Kina Securities, a $4.3 billion fund administrator, will use IRESS' Acurity Online platform to allow its 700,000 PNG members ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... industry, forcing producers to modify practices and compelling investors to find new means to de-risk portfolios. Institutional investors' growing interest in agribusiness is a boon for the sector. But experts warn the emerging subset of climate change-related ...

Smaller super funds lead Roy Morgan rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
An industry super fund with $8.1 billion in funds under management has topped the Roy Morgan Superannuation Satisfaction Report for the seventh month in a row. Tasplan, the industry superfund with 145,000 members, has again topped the Roy Morgan monthly ...