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CSC contributes to global ESG think tank

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... between asset owners and managers. Among the draft statement was a call to align interest between asset owners and asset managers, whereby a managers' fee structure should optimally be linked to long-term financial performance metrics. "In as much as ...

Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... more than 20 interviews with stakeholders across the Australian capital market, including superannuation funds, asset managers, industry lobby groups and law firms. Among the recommendations is a request that APRA updates paragraphs in its prudential ...

Investment managers must find purpose, not performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... employee engagement. The study shows Asia-Pacific with the second highest 'phi' globally after the Americas, with asset managers leading the way followed by asset owners and insurance firms. "Building a culture and environment with aligned purpose, habits ...

Asset managers must consider multi-asset

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
Asset managers looking to win business in an increasingly outsourced world must consider becoming multi-asset specialists, according to new research from Cerulli Associates. The Cerulli Edge - Global Edition found that a shift in focus to selling multi-asset ...

QIC inks deal with Chinese asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
QIC has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of China's largest asset managers. Ping An Asset Management Company (PAAMC), the asset management subsidiary of China's second-largest insurer, Ping An Insurance, represents the first relationship ...

Misaligned expectations advisers' biggest threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... or are making decisions based on fear - particularly given our current volatile market environment. Advisors and asset managers alike must work to raise investors' financial knowledge and literacy, particularly when it comes to building portfolios that ...

ETFs to reach $6 trillion by 2020

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... survey respondents expect more new players to enter the market. Respondents identified active managers (22%) and asset managers with no current ETF offering (20%) as the type of promoters most likely to enter the market in the next two years. "Market ...

GBST partners with boutique administrator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... asset manager's platform to the latest release of GBST Composer and also implemented GBST ComposerWeb, allowing asset managers to offer 'self-service' reporting and transacting in real time to clients and integration with other systems. GBST managing ...

Infrastructure critical for super returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... investment by the general government sector and corporations (both public and private)... Industry super funds and their asset managers have plans to invest up to $10 billion dollars over the next five years mainly in Australian public infrastructure ...

The infrastructure benchmark challenge

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... and they certainly don't manage themselves, that is what investors should be focusing on when looking at in their asset managers."