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Labor pledges calm in superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... the Hayne Royal Commission, Jones said it would be naive to think that this only exists with advisers attached to retail funds. Hume agreed, saying: "Stephen and I are well aligned on financial advisers. This should be a very highly independent profession ...

NZ Super awards passive ESG mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... Asset Management to manage $4.9 billion across two passive mandates. UBS Asset Management has designed two ESG index equity funds for NZ Super, tailored to its performance and responsible investment requirements. UBS Asset Management ANZ's interim ...

Super fund appoints new insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... members of Equip and Catholic Super will be covered by MetLife Australia. It marks the end of lengthy relationships for both funds and their existing insurers. TAL has provided cover for Catholic Super members since 2008. Meanwhile, since 2006 Equip's ...

Foreign investment in Australian commercial property hits record high

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... $538.2 million sale of a half stake in Sydney's Queen Victoria Building, The Strand Arcade and The Galeries to a Link REIT/EG Funds partnership. There's also been the $315 million of the Sofitel Wentworth Sydney hotel to KKR, Futuro Capital and Marprop. ...

CFS extends SimCorp partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... increasingly complex environment for investment data, according to CFS chief financial officer Andrew Morgan. "Re-platforming our funds services business gives us the opportunity to halve the time it takes to invest our customers' funds. When a customer ...

SSGA creates regional ESG role

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... maximise outcomes, implementation methods to benchmarks and address the ESG data challenge." SSGA has US$3.9 trillion in funds under management. Most recently, it introduced changes to its SPDR ETF products. From February 2022, the SPDR Dow Jones Global ...

Challenger taps Hamilton for top job

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... to retire earlier this year, Challenger has appointed Hamilton as his successor. Hamilton currently leads the firm's funds management business and before that oversaw Fidante Partners. He's also previously held senior roles with Thomson Reuters ...

Sunsuper ESG expert in new global role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... QSuper are currently recruiting for a head of responsible investments for Australian Retirement Trust, the entity the two funds will become when they merge early next year. Wilson's appointment at Eastspring Investments comes as the firm looks to ...

PIMCO revives local LIT plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... planning to launch its first Australian listed investment trust in March next year. PIMCO, which has been managing listed funds globally for about 25 years, said the new offering will seek to address Australian investors' ongoing demand for income. The ...

Melinda Howes bids farewell to BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... product strategy and services at AMP and director of policy and industry practices for the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Howes also now sits on the board of ASFA, having joined in 2017. Discussing her decision to re-join BT ...