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Super funds get control with new Bravura broker service integration

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... has upgraded its superannuation administration systems to integrate member direct broker services for super and pension funds. The new modules within Bravura's superannuation administration systems, Calibre and SuperB, and native functionality within ...

IFM's FUM surges by 34% on global support

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... and mandates." IFM invests on behalf of institutional investors and is owned by 30 major not-for-profit Australian pension funds.

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Towers Watson senior investment consultant and head of manager research in Australia Hugh Dougherty said. Overall, pension funds were the largest institutional investor in alternative assets, representing over a third (36%) of the Top 100 alternative ...

Fossil fuel companies to be rendered 'worthless': IMPAX

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... grounds. In the US students, faculty and elected officials are asking college endowments and municipal and state pension funds to limit or divest their holdings in fossil fuel companies in response to rising concerns about global warming. The Fossil ...

Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... have been an attractive prospect to investors who could not get good yields from more traditional investments. "Pension funds and insurance companies have thought of these [EM bonds] as treasuries with yield, which they are definitely not," Goodwin said. ...

IFM mulls Asia office

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... sales distribution office in Asia later this year as part of a strategy to raise capital from the region's large pension funds. IFM chief executive Brett Himbury told Financial Standard that an assessment would be made by the leadership team and board ...

US hedge funds abandon Europe on new regulations

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... shutters down," he said. According to the report, the potential exodus of US managers is a big concern for European pension funds, which have historically relied on the US alternative fund industry to provide diversity within their portfolios.

Trans-Tasman super rollovers exclude SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... Trans-Tasman Portability Scheme marks the first time the Australian authorities have allowed rollovers between overseas pension funds. While New Zealand ministers have welcomed the portability agreement, SMSF proponents will be disappointed that self-managed ...

UK to consider Australia model for small pension fund mergers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
Support is gathering for the UK government to follow in Australia's footsteps and merge small local authority pension funds after Financial Times research revealed huge disparities in fees paid to fund managers. According to the UK broadsheet, some ...

Principal Global Investors nabs leadership awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... Pension Fund Perception Programme Awards won by Principal Global Investors include: Managers Recommended to Other Pension Funds by 100% of Clients, Highest-Rated Managers for Environmental, Social & Governance PGI was also nominated for the Highest-Rated ...