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Australia's funds industry lacks leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... policy, but is badly let down by its poor leadership, said Roger Urwin, global head of investment content at asset consultant Towers Watson. Urwin, speaking at the Fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL) annual conference earlier this month, said ...

Nationwide signs Mercer for asset consulting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
Nationwide Superannuation Fund has signed Mercer as its asset consultant as the fund considers moving to a full implementation style asset consulting relationship. The five-year deal with Mercer follows a tender process that included six other asset ...

AvSuper selects Hastings and Invesco

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... listed infrastructure investment mandate with RARE Infrastructure. JANA Investment Advisers acts as the fund's asset consultant and has worked closely with the fund throughout this process. Michelle Griffith, chief executive at the fund, said the two ...

GESB can manage tougher measures on capital reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... operational reserve protects them in instances of fraud, pricing error or system failure," she said. The super fund's asset consultant, Mercer Investment Consulting, also supported introducing an operational risk reserves because it represents good governance ...

Omega wins Medibank and Telstra Super mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
Specialist fixed income manager Omega Global Investors has won a $50 million mandate from Medibank and a second from Telstra Super for an undisclosed sum. The $50 million from Medibank will be invested in a global bonds mandate. Medibank treasurer ...

ESSSuper drops VFMC for Towers Watson

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
The $15 billion Victoria-based ESSSuper has appointed Towers Watson as its new investment adviser for the fund's accumulation assets, terminating its previous contract with VFMC, which will still be the adviser for the fund's defined benefit investments. ...

APRA dictates investment option labels

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... instead of APRA's 20-year period. REST chose this timeframe as an estimate of a typical person's working life. "Our asset consultant (JANA) runs models in this regard, converting the time to 20 years won't be a huge issue," he said. He said the fund ...

Jana and Frontier add to ranks

MEDIA RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
Asset consultants Frontier Investment Consulting and Jana Investment Advisers have added new staff, including specialists and consultants, to their investment teams. Frontier Investment Consulting has appointed two more analysts to its consulting team. ...

Challenger wins $650m mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... Stuart Barton, head of marketing and communications at Challenger, confirmed the deal was struck with a major asset consultant which advises corporate master trusts. The GIR was launched to target institutional clients, promising an indexed return linked ...

JANA adds to investment team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
JANA Investment Advisers has hired two investment managers and welcomed back another. The asset consultant appointed Domien Beckers to the firm's portfolio construction and research team. Beckers joins the firm from Vanguard where he spent four years ...