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Lendlease and Canadian pension fund enter $2.6bn investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
Australian property and infrastructure giant Lendlease and a $330 billion Canadian pension fund are committing to a $2.6 billion build-to-rent investment partnership in the UK. Lendlease's partnership with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) ...

Eaton Vance subsidiary appoints COO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
A subsidiary of Eaton Vance specialising in responsible investing is welcoming a new chief operating officer. Anne L. Richardson joins Calvert Research and Management from Cambridge Associates, where she was managing director and chief operating officer ...

J.P. Morgan secures $3.5bn custody mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
Cementing its position as Australia's largest provider of custodial services, J.P. Morgan has won a mandate to manage $3.5 billion in insurance investment assets following a competitive tender process. Genworth Group, which offers mortgage lending insurance ...

Life insurance M&A outlook gloomy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
Despite the flurry of life insurance business sell offs, a new study found global life insurers are overlooking Australia for superior acquisition opportunities elsewhere in the Asia Pacific. Willis Towers Watson's analysis of merger and acquisitions ...

ME Bank recruits for people experience

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
A former general manager at Microsoft is the new group executive, people experience at ME Bank. The industry super fund-owned bank recently appointed Melanie Simpson, who will sit on the executive team and manage ME Bank's people and culture functions. ...

Super funds driving PE growth: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
Superannuation funds' appetite for domestic private equity investments has reached new heights not seen since 2007, a new industry report shows. Australian superannuation funds ploughed $676 million of capital in private equity over the 2017 financial ...

Global manager to merge key investment firms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
The world's largest multi-boutique asset manager is consolidating three of its biggest US investment managers to create a specialist AU$733 billion multi-asset manager. BNY Mellon Investment Management has announced that Mellon Capital Management, Standish ...

NZ Super Fund to invest $90m in life insurer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is proposing to invest NZ$100 million ($90 million) in a large life insurance provider, taking a 41.1% stake in the company. Fidelity Life is New Zealand's largest Kiwi-owned life insurer. Subject to shareholder approvals ...

Millennial super fund creates advisory board

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
A technology-focused millennial superannuation fund has appointed APRA and Ellerston luminaries to its newly-created advisory board at the same time as slashing member fees. The advisory board for Spaceship will be led by former APRA executive general ...

Media powerhouse turns financial product provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
A global media brand is eyeing a move into financial services, looking to form a strategic partnership with one of Asia's largest fund and asset management firms. Forbes Global Capital, a subsidiary of Forbes Global Media Holdings, has a signed a memorandum ...