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Aussie investors list operational alpha among top priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
The global head of Bloomberg Asset and Investment Manager believes Australian investors are seeking both new and non-traditional asset classes as a priority to generate income and alpha increases. Recently appointed Bloomberg AIM global head Steve Ioannou ...

AustralianSuper hits the $100bn mark

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
AustralianSuper's retirement funds under management have reached $100 billion for the first time. Australia's largest super fund attributed this to new members and reduced costs. Furthermore, the fund's scale has allowed it greater direct investment ...

Fidante manager closes $400m industrial water fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
Fidante Partners-affiliated real assets investment manager Resonance has made the third close of its industrial water infrastructure fund. Resonance Industrial Water Infrastructure Limited has received $400m in commitments from six institutional investors ...

Telstra acquires Blue Sky fund assets

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
A Blue Sky Private Equity fund has sold its majority share of a business to Telstra. The business, Readify, was founded in 2002 and provides large Australian companies with custom software development, deployment and consulting services. Blue Sky provided ...

Asset manager launches quant platform after acquisition

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
A global asset manager is leveraging an acquisition of a UK-based firm to launch its new long-only and alternatives quantitative investing platform, as well as diversify its active management capabilities. GAM is buying Cantab Capital Partners with ...

Link Group rebrand signals expansion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
Link Group's superannuation and relevant advice provider Money Solutions will be rebranded as the group transitions towards a more holistic advice offering. From 1 July 2016 the financial advice and education provider will be known as Link Advice and ...

Banks will always take more risk: APRA exec

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
An APRA executive says there's a lot to be happy about within the Australian financial system despite it constantly facing scrutiny over risk management and industry culture. Speaking at the Centre for International Finance and Regulation banking research ...

New Spring FG SMSF platform opens

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Spring FG is now taking pre-registrations for its new self-managed super platform, mysuper247, ahead of its full operational launch in July. The platform allows online SMSF establishment, operation and administration as well as access to an array of ...

NAS selects StatPro Revolution

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) has appointed StatPro Revolution as its new performance and risk analytics reporting platform. StatPro is a global cloud-based platform, providing analysis of portfolio performance, attribution, risk and compliance. The multi-asset ...

QSuper public offer move reshapes competitive landscape

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
The decision to make Queensland government superannuation funds QSuper and LGIAsuper public offer could have far-reaching ramifications for Australia's superannuation sector. Following legislation introduced in the Queensland parliament earlier in June ...