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Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016

An Australian ETF provider is moving its focus towards fixed income and smart beta in the view that the local market is currently underserving investors. iShares Australia chief executive Jon Howie told the recent Bloomberg Buy-side Forum in Sydney ...

Investment committees must consider culture

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016

... among investment committees can be mapped to meaningful business performance metrics, something often undervalued at asset owner and asset management firms. Speaking at a recent Willis Towers Watson ideas exchange in Sydney, the firm's global head of ...

Good asset owners benchmarked at $30bn

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016

About US$30 billion is needed for an asset owner to have the "raw materials" to implement a good investment strategy according to global consultant Willis Towers Watson. The firm's global head of investment, Chris Ford, told a recent Sydney ideas exchange ...

Factor investing sees new customised approach

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016

... investment portfolio instead of buying an off-the-shelf product. Northern Trust AM is currently talking with a global asset owner who fancies value as a factor in a bid to develop a value-based strategy that takes no country bets "but has larger sector ...

Investors must look past market noise: AXA IM

KERRIE SYDEE | MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016

Investors must rethink their investment approach and look to the long term if they wish to achieve their target returns, according AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, AXA IM identified a number of evolutionary trends ...

Super investment pros make top 40

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016

Three Australian superannuation executives have been named in a list recognising some of the top investment professionals from asset owners and allocators around the world. Recently Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Magazine named its annual 40 Under Forty ...

Three Aus funds awarded AAA climate rating

KERRIE SYDEE | MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016

Three Australian superannuation funds have received AAA ratings for their climate change risk management from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project's (AODP) 2016 benchmark index, The Global Climate 500 Index. Local Government Super and Australian Super ...

NZ Super Fund sells private equity investments

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016

... long-term commitments. The paper, which interviewed several Australian superannuation funds and the Future Fund, noted one asset owner shared the view "many pension clients would like fewer, but deeper, external manager relationships." Rainmaker Information's ...

MSCI measures insto ESG exposure

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016

Global index and research house MSCI has launched an MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index alongside its MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics with the aim of allowing institutional investors to measure exposure to public companies whose products and services ...

CalPERS urges Rio Tinto to report climate change risk

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016

... There is growing competition and our ranking will help identify who is really on top of those opportunities for their asset owner clients. "We have now identified the leading asset owners who are building the low-carbon economy and shorting carbon in ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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