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Fund manager chief steps down, appoints investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
UCA Funds Management is searching for a new chief executive and recently appointed a new investment director. Michael Walsh led The Uniting Church in Australia's investment management arm, with $1.1 billion in funds under management, for more than four ...

Super industry bodies unite over adequacy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... substituting the Age Pension." The letter to Minister O'Dwyer says in submissions to recent Treasury consultation, each industry group "outlined the critical importance of incorporating a concept of adequacy in the objective." "The core purpose of the ...

Responsible assets close to half of total Australia AUM

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... all time periods. The largest asset managers of core responsible investments, by AUM, are AMP Capital, Investa Property Group, New Forests, BT Investment Management, Perpetual Investments, Australian Ethical, Uniting Financial Services, Hunter Hall ...

Omega wins institutional credit mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... Uniting executive director, treasury and investments, Warren Bird, said global credit was a new investable asset class for the group, and so the choice of underlying manager demanded careful and specific pre-requisites. "Omega demonstrated its capability ...

Ibbotson adopts Morningstar brand

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... capabilities to produce great outcomes for Australian investors." This news follows the recent announcement that wealth management group Infocus would launch a direct-to-consumer advice service using Ibbotson's investment management services. Morningstar ...

StatePlus adopts FPA professional practice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
The 138 advisers operating under retirement advice group StatePlus have adopted the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Professional Practice program. A total of 17 StatePlus regional offices and its 138 planners have signed up to the program. This ...

FSC supports longer threshold for unclaimed life insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has applauded the Treasury's decision to extend the unclaimed life insurance threshold back to seven years. Since 2012, bank accounts and life insurance policies could be inactive for three years ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... was its advocacy of social impact bonds (SIB). SIBs, also sometimes called Social Benefit Bonds, work when a sponsoring group, usually an established charity of social ventures organisation, develops a social capital program that aims to reduce government ...

LGS appoints new property portfolio manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... retail and industrial sectors. He has previously held property management roles at ING Real Estate, DEXUS and FKP Property Group. Most recently he was portfolio manager of direct property for Uniting Financial Services (UFS), the $1bn treasury and investment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Institute's Survey of Consumer Sentiment is also due out. In equities news, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, CSL, Suncorp Group, Echo Entertainment, Goodman Fielder, Primary Health Care, Nick Scali, Carsales.com and Computershare are expected to post ...