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Hunter Hall veteran launches new business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
A former portfolio manager of Hunter Hall's Value Growth Trust and its Global Value LIC is launching a new asset management business, having been granted a licence last week. Yizhong Chan worked at Hunter Hall for 10 years; during that time he made ...

Xero appoints former Microsoft Australia chief

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... strategy and execution. Consistent with our global growth aspirations, broadening our investor base with aligned institutional shareholders is an effective way to increase the company's free float and drive additional liquidity in Xero shares." "Personally ...

Private equity firm sells Bravura stake

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... management software company. Ironbridge, which has about $1.5 billion in committed capital drawn from more than 40 global institutional investors, advised Bravura it had sold its remaining shares in an underwritten block trade. Ironbridge joint chief ...

SSGA appoints head of Asia-Pacific

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... experience and knowledge of our business will add tremendous value as we continue to develop and enhance our offerings to institutional and retail clients in the region." MacNevin takes over from Crafter effective immediately. Crafter will become the ...

Super funds embrace crowdsourced cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Two of Australia's biggest industry superannuation funds have backed a San Francisco-based crowdsourced cybersecurity startup, taking part in a $33 million capital raise. Hostplus and First State Super have invested in Bugcrowd, a security platform ...

Link signs two industry funds, eyes UK pension admin

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Fund administration giant Link Group is sizing its opportunity to enter the UK pension market following the successful acquisition of Capita Asset Services and continued growth across the global business. Come 30 June 2018, about half of Link's revenue ...

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
A $10 billion industry superannuation fund is working with retail shareholders of a major ASX-listed insurer to force disclosures on climate risk. Local Government Super has co-filed a shareholder resolution over QBE Insurance Group's failure to disclose ...

Northern Trust appoints head of Australasia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... responsibility for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, having joined Northern Trust in 2008. He was most recently institutional head of sales for the Asia-Pacific region. Before that, he was head of sales and marketing, head of sales and ...

Stellar growth for industry funds: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... grew 12.1% over the last 20 years thanks to the success of government-mandated pension contributions, a competitive institutional model and the dominance of defined contribution (DC) schemes, the WTW 2018 Global Pension Asset Study shows. The study analysed ...

LGIAsuper bolsters infrastructure investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... Partners, increased its investment to 100% ownership, effectively doubling LGIAsuper's stake. Palisade, which provides institutional investors access to Australian infrastructure, acquired a 50% interest in the port in 2012 and purchased the remaining ...