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Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
Global investment and asset manager William Blair believes there are several undue concerns from investors about emerging markets and they should be cautious about underweighting the asset class. In a recent self-authored white paper, William Blair ...

Group insurers at mercy of a handful of super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
The role of superannuation funds as a distribution mechanism for life and income protection insurance continues to grow in the Australian market, according to new analysis by Rainmaker, which says the dominance of a few funds as gatekeepers could leave ...

Bennelong expands institutional sales team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Bennelong Funds Management has appointed an associate director, institutional sales. Jeremy Crowley joins Bennelong from Treasury Group, where he was distribution associate for the last two years. In this role, he was working with institutional prospects ...

HSBC renews partnership with trading platform

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
HSBC Australia has renewed its now four-year partnership with a leading share trading platform. Bell Direct, owned by listed wealth management company Bell Financial Group, will continue to provide online brokerage services for the Australian arm of ...

BetaShares launches model portfolio service for advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... feedback as to how we might be able to assist them further with their investment processes," BetaShares director of institutional business and national accounts, Vinnie Wadhera, said. "The feedback led us to develop a modular service whereby an adviser ...

Dion Global targets IRESS market share with new platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... IRESS's market share with the launch of a new retail trading platform, TCPro. The new system gives retail traders institutional-level capabilities they can't currently access in Australia. These include multi-asset trading capabilities; sophisticated ...

IFM appoints global head of investor relations

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... North America. In his new role, he will oversee the implementation of a consistent global approach to servicing institutional investors. Before IFM, Clarke was a senior managing director at Macquarie Capital USA. He has also held roles at Refco Alternative ...

Property funds battle over GMF merger

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
Real estate investment trust Growthpoint Properties Australia says continuing its offer to merge with the GPT Metro Office Fund (GMF) via a trust scheme will be challenging as it faces competition for the fund from another investor. Growthpoint said ...

More winners than losers in super budget measures: ASFA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
More Australians will benefit from the new superannuation measures announced in the Budget than be negatively affected by them, according to Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia figures. ASFA prepared the research to "inform the debate," ...

UK pensions not fussed about in-housing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... conjunction with Professional Pensions magazine. Despite the overall trend, the paper - which is titled 'European Institutional Dynamics 2016: Keys to Success for Pensions and Insurance Business' - found that some pension schemes are developing in-house ...