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New RE mandate for Equity Trustees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... specialist RE can bring decades of experience, ensuring the fund meets compliance and governance requirements. It gives fund managers the confidence to focus on the commercial investment decisions and marketing the product, while we take care of the ...

State Super hires DC investments executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... team. His new role sees him taking responsibility for the defined contributions portfolio and working closely with fund managers, investment consultants and the custodian to ensure State Super meets its obligations to members. Hazell is the former chief ...

AustralianSuper skewers draft disclosure laws

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... superannuation portfolio holdings disclosure is not in the best financial interests of members and only stands to serve rival fund managers to whom the reforms don't apply, according to AustralianSuper. In its submission to Treasury, the super fund said ...

Pain ahead for super trustees on unlisted valuations

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... a number of trustees," Ellis said. She said several trustees had an over reliance on external parties, including fund managers and asset consultants in their revaluations. Meanwhile, super funds with pre-established valuation committees typically had ...

YFYS spurs half to change asset mix

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... The poll, conducted at AIST's annual ASI Conference, surveyed investment professionals from super funds and fund managers. The majority or over half said they will change their asset allocation slightly. About one quarter said they will not change ...

Cracking the data science code

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... science journey in 2016. On a daily basis, Wu would receive between 200-300 emails and an onslaught of data from fund managers (which didn't include other and independent research). "It [didn't] take long for us to drown in the information that ...

Mergers don't always lead to scale benefits: Barry

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... happen unless you make it happen," Barry said. "It involves some very hard negotiations and tough conversations with fund managers and asset managers." Barry noted that these negotiations have to happen in good faith as a super fund may approach a fund ...

Plan to increase competitiveness of managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, the CCIV regime will enhance the international competitiveness of the industry by allowing fund managers to offer investment products using vehicles that are more familiar to overseas investors. Draft legislation on the matter ...

Walsh Capital signs four fund managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
Former Future Generation chief executive Louise Walsh, who started her own fund marketing business last month, has signed four new clients. Walsh Capital will raise funds and manage investor engagement for five new funds: Contact Asset Management's ...

Bragg renews calls for Future Fund to manage super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... out of their SGA [Super Gaurantee Australia] membership," the paper says. "The onus will therefore fall on super fund managers to improve returns and reduce costs in order to attract and retain members, for the first time." The paper says implementing ...