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Towers Watson wins public sector fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... alignment between Towers Watson and WA Super," Miller said. The mandate follows WA Super appointing J.P. Morgan as its custodian in August. At the time McNally said the appointment "would underpin a robust investment governance framework." Towers Watson ...

Australian custody market grows to $2.8 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... for foreign clients (sub-custody) increased 2.4% to $1.14 trillion. HSBC Bank retains its position as the dominant sub-custodian in Australia with $765 billion in Australian assets managed for foreign clients or about 65% of the market share. J.P. Morgan ...

Super fund boss: We're not IT companies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... increasingly important. "I think traditionally it [technology] was just focused on administration and it was outsourced to your custodian or administrator. But now information about your members - about what they're doing and what they might need and ...

BNP Paribas loses custody deal to RBC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... Canada (RBC). Bangarra Group-owned Bennelong Funds Management has appointed RBC Investor and Treasury Services as its new custodian an administrator following an extensive market review. Bennelong's previous custodian was BNP Paribas, but the boutique ...

Club Plus Super appoints three senior execs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... investment strategy, overseeing investment governance functions and managing relationships with the fund's asset consultant, custodian and external investment managers. Dooley's previous positions span more than two decades in the industry have included ...

Maritime Super appoints NAS as custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
Maritime Super has reappointed National Australia Bank's Asset Servicing business as custodian for a further three years. NAS will provide custodial and investment administrative services to the $5 billion industry fund for maritime workers. Maritime ...

Super investment fees should align with CPI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Breaking down the link between superannuation fund growth and investment fees would reduce costs remarkably, according to Frontier Advisors director of consulting Fiona Trafford-Walker. Trafford-Walker said if super funds grew at 10% per annum for the ...

Industry gears for new settlement regime

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
Custodians are on track reduce settlement times from three days to two days in time for the official regime change in March 2016. Firms are gearing up to start testing their readiness for the new T+2 Settlement regime in October. "Reducing settlement ...

WA Super appoints J.P. Morgan as custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... investment portfolio. The West Australian based super fund completed a tender and review process that went in search of a custodian with "demonstrated success in Australia and globally". WA chief executive, John McNally, said J.P. Morgan would underpin ...

Telstra Super replaces NAS with J.P. Morgan as custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Telstra Super has replaced NAB Asset Servicing with J.P. Morgan Investor Services as master custodian and investment reporting services provider. Explaining the change, Telstra Super head of investment operations Miles Mallick said, "We were impressed ...