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Fund manager launches new IMA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... ASX200, the Australian market does offer some world leading products. "These companies sit outside of the bigger institutional mandates, but there are a number that are part of the niche technology market, particularly in the software space, and are ...

Pinnacle grows distribution capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... Management, Resolution Capital Limited, Solaris Investment Management and Spheria Asset Management - in engaging with the institutional marketplace. In the past Teng has served as a senior distribution executive at Vanguard, Orchard Funds Management ...

Asset management more complex than ever

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
Achieving the 7% return targeted by most pension funds is a far more complex and riskier process than it was 10 years ago, according to State Street Global Advisors' head of investments for Asia-Pacific, Kevin Anderson. Speaking at the Financial Standard ...

Global infrastructure goes for growth in 2017

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
'User pay' assets will be an attractive opportunity for investors in 2017, as global economies experience a period of synchronised growth. At a Bennelong media briefing yesterday, 4D Infrastructure's chief investment officer Sarah Shaw gave a positive ...

State Street star promoted

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... These two appointments undoubtedly strengthen the abilities of an already robust AQE team which saw it win the 2016 Institutional Investor Global Core Equity investment management award." In her new role, Engel will work closely with AQE chief investment ...

ASIC targets NAB super after compliance breakdown

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
The trustee of Australia's largest retail super fund, the MLC Super Fund, will appoint an independent expert to review compliance breaches following an ASIC investigation. ASIC initially made enquiries into breach reports lodged by NAB wealth entities ...

Retirement needs higher purpose: ASFA CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy believes the definition of retirement needs to move away from recreation and pursue a higher purpose. The newly-minted leader told a media event in Sydney yesterday that the ...

TelstraSuper rolls out digital makeover

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
From Snapchat to super-chat? TelstraSuper, the country's largest corporate super fund, is announcing the first phase of its digital transformation to appeal to its tech-savvy millennial and retiree fund members. This morning the fund launched a new ...

Equip eyes merger with Rio Tinto plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
EquipSuper and the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund (RTSSF) are in the final stages of merger talks. The $7 billion super fund confirmed the possible amalgamation; a step that would see its assets almost double to $13.5 billion and membership grow ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... performance of growth-orientated assets to which Australia also had a slightly higher weighting. The assets in global institutional pension funds across 22 major markets totaled $36.4 trillion in 2016 - a growth of 4.3% in 12 months. Total pension assets ...