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Not all heroes wear capes

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... turning to self-service and digital channels for customer service," Creative Virtual managing director Australia and New Zealand and North Asia, Patrick Gallagher said. "Roger is like a new employee, continuously learning and improving his capabilities ...

Financial services industry welcomes 'Yes' result

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... lives." Australia is now poised to join over 20 other countries that have legalised sex-sex marriage, including the US, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland and the UK.

CFS lifestage funds enter direct infrastructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... which oversees the assets, has made initial allocations to investments located in Australia, the UK, Portugal and New Zealand. CFS head of investments Scott Tully said FirstChoice Lifestage has the advantage of being designed for accumulation members ...

NZ Super Fund to invest $90m in life insurer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is proposing to invest NZ$100 million ($90 million) in a large life insurance provider, taking a 41.1% stake in the company. Fidelity Life is New Zealand's largest Kiwi-owned life insurer. Subject to shareholder approvals ...

Crestone names new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... business and its clients," he said. While at UBS, Haslem also held the role of head of macro research, Australia and New Zealand. Prior to UBS, he served as a senior economist for the Reserve Bank of Australia and is a former trustee director of Australian ...

Macquarie wins $50m small cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... investment approach," Hodgens said. The news follows another mandate story this week that saw BT Funds Management New Zealand award a $500 million mandate to a manager of global sovereign debt. Winning the mandate means Colchester Global Investors has ...

NZ Super Fund posts record returns

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... best years yet posting an annual return of more than 20%. For the 12 months to 30 June 2017, the New Zealand Superannuation Fund turned in a 20.71% (after expenses, before tax) return. This follows a return of 1.89% the previous financial year. The NZ ...

NZ manager launches retirement product

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
Simplicity, a New Zealand investment manager which provides a KiwiSaver superannuation product, is launching a new fund to guarantee member's income through retirement. From age 65, members of the Simiplitcy KiwiSaver Scheme invested in the guaranteed ...

Ethical investing fruitful for income investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... likelihood of dividend cuts or cancellation which remains a major risk for income investors. AXA IM head of Australia and New Zealand Craig Hurt said the findings will have impact as Australia enters the superannuation decumulation phase, and investors ...

Super fund property manager leads global sustainability ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... investors including industry superannuation funds and public sector super and investment funds. Overall, 66 Australian and New Zealand companies and funds representing US$164 billion in assets under management were assessed by GRESB on their ESG performance ...