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Mercer wins university investment mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
A Melbourne university appointed Mercer as its new investment manager and awarded $215 million to two of the investment manager's socially responsible funds. A stronger environmental, social and corporate governance focus will see Swinburne University ...

Government puts stopper on Future Fund drawdowns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The Federal Government has said drawdowns from the Future Fund will not commence in 2020-21 in order to preserve returns. As per the Future Fund Act 2006, drawdowns from the Future Fund were expected to commence at this point to meet the unfunded liabilities ...

Pension fund embraces managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
Asset managers experienced in real assets are being sought by the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund to manage a separately managed account comprising global private equity, infrastructure and real estate investments. The SMA would hold global ...

AMP Capital wins $100m government mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
AMP Capital was awarded a $100 million mandate from the federal government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation. CEFC invested the funds into AMP Capital's Wholesale Office Fund, which is targeting carbon neutrality by 2030. AMP Capital is also planning ...

BT Wrap adds absolute investment fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... menus recently. Monash Investors co-portfolio manager Simon Shields said the firm is pleased the Monash Absolute Investment Fund is now available on the platform. "The fund has experienced strong interest from advisers who are seeking to complement the ...

Former Fidelity chief joins boutique manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... Investments Australia is privately-owned firm born out of Supervised Investments Limited, an international equities investment fund established in September 1999 by David Constable, who at the time was living in London. In December 2007, the fund manager ...

Northern Trust launches sustainable real assets fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Northern Trust partnered with a global provider of sustainable real assets indices to launch a new real estate fund. In partnership with Netherlands-based environmental, social and governance researcher GRESB, Northern Trust released a new sustainability ...

Mercer wins $250m NZ mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... process" with consulting actuaries Melville Jessup Weaver, Mercer will take the reins for the council's Perpetual Investment Fund (PIF) as full outsource agent on March 1. The ratepayer investment fund grew from NZ$253 million in June 2015 to NZ$270 ...

Global investors missed turning point

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
An Australian fund manager says the Global Financial Crisis clouded a crucial economic turning point that is beyond the powers of politicians, banks and geographies. Insync Funds Management chief investment officer, Monik Kotecha says in 2011 the world ...

Wholesale funds see strong inflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
Australian wholesale funds grew $36.2 billion over the September quarter, while retail managed funds market grew $24.9 billion. According to the latest statistics from Strategic Insights, more than 90% of the growth in wholesale funds occurred over ...