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Further raise pension age, says Future Leaders winner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... financial regulatory architecture in the post-Lehman world. Brown said: "The calibre of our finalists' thinking was first class and for the first time this year in the program's ninth year - they were put on the spot to actually pitch their thinking ...

Standard Life Inv strengthens strategy team

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
Global investment manager Standard Life Investments has bolstered its global strategy team with the appointment of two executives. Chris Faulkner-MacDonagh joins as market strategist and Alex Wolf has been appointed as emerging markets economist. Both ...

Hedge fund growth problem not helped by new products

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... would like to increase or maintain allocations, 40% say they face obstacles such as allocating too much to a single asset class. "Given this backdrop, fund managers are trying to offer investors more flexibility on fees and tailored offerings via separately ...

REST announces JV with US property developer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... risk and achieve long-term growth for our members. This investment provides geographic diversity and access to an asset class not available in Australia." He said planning and construction of the first residential property under the agreement is expected ...

Super sets sights on $2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... not until the regulator revises its statistical reporting framework. Nevertheless APRA has published more granular asset class information showing that 50% of institutional super fund assets are invested into equities, 33% is in cash and fixed interest ...

IFM Investors wins UK pension fund mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... of business development Annabel Wiscarson said: "Investors are getting more comfortable with infrastructure as an asset class as their understanding of it grows, and we expect appetite to remain strong with schemes looking at new allocations. "Avon's ...

Copia appoints new manager from Bennelong

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Copia Investment Partners has appointed Adam Tweedale to the role of state manager, southern region as it continues to build its business in Australia. Tweedale was previously director of distribution at Bennelong Funds Management where he was director ...

ASIC intervenes non-compliant Aurora listed funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... provided to ASIC, Aurora agreed to cancel or redeem all relevant units, to ensure that its listed schemes have no more than one class of unit and therefore have to comply with and A that in the future it will only acquire or dispose ofA units in accordance ...

State Street partners with wealth management tech provider

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
State Street and FNZ Australia have formed a partnership giving State Street's Australian clients access to FNZ's wealth management technology solutions. The combined solution brings together FNZ's global platform technologies and State Street's custody ...

New Fortnum advice business targeting accountants

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... targeting accountants aiming to become licenced to provide financial advice. Fortnum Professional Strategies will provide class of product licensing as well as education, training and business coaching to help accountants understand and meet their obligations ...