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Industry fund awards $200mn mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... scale commercial or retail property in the portfolio, thus providing the fund with diversification. The fund and ISPT will focus on metropolitan and regional city locations, and Sawtell-Rickson said the approach would unlock new opportunities in the ...

Zurich secures mandate from $8b super fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... intelligence based models". Energy Super Chief Executive Officer Robyn Petrou said the profit-to-member fund continues to focus on innovation and partnerships of shared value as the fund expands its member base. "We are the fund of choice for the energy ...

WA Super awards $20mn mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
Western Australia's only not-for-profit public offer superannuation fund will pour millions of member savings into local investment opportunities designed to make positive social and environmental impacts on the state. WA Super has partnered with ...

Insto sales director departs Principal Global Investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... next endeavours," the company said in a statement. "Led by...[de Mestre and Boys]...the Australian team will continue to focus on working with institutional investors and their consultants to deliver world-class investment solutions, as well as increasing ...

Industry fund hires from Colonial First State

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
An $11.3 billion industry fund has hired an investment specialist from Colonial First State. NGS Super has appointed former Colonial First State research and investment specialist Melinda He as its new manager - liquid assets in its investment team. ...

BlackRock merges ETF, unlisted fund sales teams in EMEA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... head of EMEA iShares Stephen Cohen and head of EMEA Wealth Michael Gruener. The move comes as BlackRock is taking a local focus with its distribution to institutionals. "A greater focus on cost, transparency and investor protections, set against a backdrop ...

AMP Capital hires fund manager from competitor

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... AWOF is well positioned, with strong occupancy and 100 per cent weighting to the strongest markets in Australia. "Kit's focus will be on how to further capitalise on the strong market fundamentals while delivering on the fund's strategy for our ...

Australia climbs up Mercer global pension index

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... buy an annuity or a pension," Knox said. "But we are suggesting that if there are some income requirements, some income focus on the system, that would improve the score." The report also called for the assets test taper to reduce from $3 to $2.25 per ...

FS Power50 highlights most influential advisers in 2019

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
The FS Power50 has been announced for 2019, recognising the 50 most influential financial advisers in Australia. The advisers on the list were nominated by their peers and the Financial Standard editorial team. The 2019 Power50 focussed on those who ...

Hong Kong hedge funds suffering: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... respectively," the report said. "Looking at geographical mandates, just under a third of the hedge fund managers based in Hong Kong focus on the Greater China region. Global and Asia, including Japan, mandates follow behind with 23.1% and 22.8% population ...