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Northern Trust appoints head of Australasia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
Northern Trust has appointed a new head of its Australasia business, succeeding Madeleine Senior. Angelo Calvitto will take over responsibility for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, having joined Northern Trust in 2008. He was most recently ...

Most investors shun credit ratings: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... corporate regulator recently reviewed six major ratings agencies: A.M Best Asia-Pacific, Australia Ratings, Equifax Australasia Credit Ratings, Fitch Australia, Moody's Investor Services and S&P Global Ratings Australia, and found more work needed to ...

Responsible investment here to stay: Experts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... outperformed the latter for the past three, five and ten years." Referring to a Responsible Investment Association Australasia 2017 benchmark report, Lim said the substantial research busts the myth that "returns are left on the table." He went on to ...

Unlisted infrastructure assets hit record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... satisfied with the asset class," the report said. While Preqin did not break down figures for Australia, it noted Australasia invested about US$2.2 billion in unlisted agriculture or farmland funds as at January 2018. Globally there are 248 agriculture ...

HLB Mann Judd revises AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
A division of financial services firm HLB Mann Judd can no longer provide independent expert advice under an agreement with ASIC. The corporate regulator has accepted a voluntary variation of the AFSL held by HLB Mann Judd Melbourne's corporate finance ...

UBS tops Australasian adviser tables for mergers and acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
Latest data from Mergermarket reveals Australia continued its run as the most targeted country for mergers and acquisitions throughout Asia Pacific in 2017. The market intelligence agency said the country's inbound deal count (176) and dollar value ...

BetaShares launches Australian ESG fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... payday lending." BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said the new ETF reflects Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) research which indicated that 90% of Australians expect their investments to be "responsible and ethical," and ...

Social media boosting super fund engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... Funds understand the need for an omni-channel approach to ensure an integrated and consistent member experience, WTW Australasia and Asia head of digital solutions, Richard Body said. "Super funds are following their members' lead in terms of the types ...

New ASFA board announced

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... Superannuation Corporation Michael Dwyer, chief executive, First State Super Service providers Andrew Boal, head of Australasia, Willis Towers Watson Suzanne Holden, chief executive, Link Group Fund Administration Retail funds Linda Elkins, executive ...

Life insurance M&A outlook gloomy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... life insurance company executives that took part in the study are seriously considering acquisition opportunities in Australasia. Instead, a large portion (40%) is targeting the growing middle class of emerging Asian countries such China, India, Indonesia ...