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Former Vontobel star manager sets course for Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... firm, GQG Partners. He will be visiting Australia in the September quarter to meet with local asset consultants and institutional investors. "We are looking to build a true employee-owned, client-centric partnership with like-minded experienced investment ...

AIST takes aim at levies consultation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has labeled Treasury's consultation paper on proposed financial institutions supervisory levies as insufficient and non-compliant with government guidelines. In its submission to Treasury the AIST ...

PE and VC critical to Aussie growth: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... portfolios," AVCAL chief executive Yasser El-Ansary said. Cambridge Associates' managing director Eugene Snyman said: "Institutional investors are challenged with creating portfolios capable of withstanding global market volatility while still able to ...

Investors face 'radical uncertainty': PIMCO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
Investors must be prepared to face "radical uncertainty" about the future course of global economies, policies and markets and be aware that "stability is not sustainability", according to PIMCO's latest secular outlook. The report, The Global Outlook ...

Saudi sovereign wealth fund flags US$3.5bn Uber investment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, has invested US$3.5 billion ($4.8 billion) in ride sharing app Uber. The company will use some of the money, likely in the region of US$250 million, to help it expand in the Middle East. ...

Former CalPERS CEO jailed

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
A former chief executive of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for accepting bribes during his term at the helm of one of the world's largest pension funds. The Sacramento ...

NZ Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... UBC Sauder School of Business. The British Columbia Investment Management Corporation is one of Canada's largest institutional investors. Williamson is the group chief executive of Academic Colleges Group and is an experienced chief executive with a ...

Top companies still in the dark on ESG

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... newly listed entities and entities joining the S&P/ASX 300, many of which struggle to manage increased scrutiny from institutional investors and shareholder activists. "In the lead up to the 2016 reporting season where ESG disclosures will sit squarely ...

ASFA recognises super challenge for PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has acknowledged the Productivity Commission's challenging task in measuring the competitiveness and efficiency of a complex and heterogeneous system and its wider industry. In its first submission ...

ASIC consulting over managed investment schemes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is proposing to remake its class order on differential fees for registered managed investment schemes, extending it beyond a 2017 expiration. ASIC said in its view the class order is operating effectively ...