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Super funds adopting insurers' investment strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... strategies proven to be successful only during accumulation phase. AXA Investment Managers director for Australia and New Zealand, Craig Hurt, said while the Australian pension market has been a "beacon for the rest of the world on how to design accumulation-style ...

Australian impact investing primed to reach $32bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
A new initiative to support the development of Australia and New Zealand's impact investment market has been launched by Responsible Investment Association Australasia and Impact Investing Australia. The Impact Investment Forum, chaired by former Christian ...

Responsible investing demand unstoppable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... products is putting more pressure on asset managers to generate returns beyond hard performance numbers. Australia and New Zealand held A$675 billion in sustainable investment assets in 2016, or 50.6% of the countries' total managed assets. It represents ...

CSC renews $40bn custody mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... goals of automation, efficiency, robustness and transparency." Northern Trust managing director for Australia and New Zealand Madeleine Senior said: "We work in partnership with all our clients to deliver the highest quality solutions to the ever-evolving ...

AIA launches digital life insurance advice tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... level of engagement and understanding of life insurance is a key issue to address for the industry," AIA Australia and New Zealand chief executive Damien Mu said. "We want to support our partnering superannuation funds help their members to better understand ...

Netwealth backing financial literacy in schools

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... education to the classroom through an interactive tool aligned with existing school curriculums. Banqer, designed by a New Zealand start-up of the same name, will be made available to 15,000 Australian students, fully funded by netwealth. Banqer imitates ...

Minto joins EQT board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... director of the National Disability Insurance Agency, and was formerly chair of ASFA and of the Trustee Corporation of New Zealand. "Jim's addition to our Board adds extensive experience which will directly inform and support the development of our private ...

NZ Super Fund CEO joins PPI board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund's chief executive will become the next chair of the Pacific Pension and Investment Institute (PPI). Adrian Orr takes over from Washington State Investment Board executive director Theresa J Whitmarsh. Orr has previously ...

International manager secures VicSuper mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... servicing clients on a separate account basis for mandates over $75 million, and offers wholesale funds to Australian and New Zealand investors.

Distrust is super's biggest challenge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... years of scrutiny. New research from Vanguard comparing the retirement savings systems of Australia, the UK, US and New Zealand shows that Australian investors have the highest levels of distrust in the system, with 41% highlighting this as the reason ...