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Vision Super joins cost cutting frenzy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
Vision Super has brought down member fees by cutting operating costs by 42% and investment costs by 25%. The fund for local government and water authority employees has said that further reductions are achievable. So far, cost cuts mean that members ...

VicSuper awards $100m corporate bonds mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
VicSuper has awarded a $100 million investment mandate to a fixed income manager to invest in diversified Australian corporate loans. Metrics Credit Partners will manage the mandate, which falls under VicSuper's domestic fixed interest strategy. The ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
This week's top industry moves include NAB appointing a general manager for Antares Equities and executives from Zenith and BlackRock joining UBS. - UBS hires Zenith, BlackRock senior execs A - Zenith's Jonathan Baird and BlackRock's David Redford-Bell ...

UBS hires Zenith, BlackRock senior execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
UBS Global Asset Management has expanded its team in Australia with the appointment of a fixed income investment specialist from Zenith and a national sales manager from BlackRock. Jonathan Baird will join UBS's Sydney fixed income team as investment ...

University investment portfolio includes tobacco and beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
British American Tobacco has landed among Sydney University's top international shareholdings in emerging markets as a balance is being sought in the university's environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment framework. Sydney University recently ...

China stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
It couldn't have come soon enough. Hopes that China's powers-that-are would counter the slowdown in their economy with more stimulus measures - any stimulus measure - just turned into reality. Yes folks, Beijing's topping up last month's monetary policy ...

AIA outlines adviser support plan

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
AIA Australia has announced its plans to support financial advisers in the transition to the new life insurance framework. Following on from TAL's announcement that it would invest $150 million in adviser support services - including education programs ...

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
It's back! And it's good! Yes Virginia, the "bad news is good news" trade is back on. It's risk back on as China's bad -- very, very bad, trade data sparked hopes of further stimulus and Fed lift-off delay. As 'The Guardian' reports, the latest trade ...

Charter Hall industrial funds swell

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Charter Hall has acquired around $700 million in industrial assets since 1 July 2015, bringing the group's total industrial and logistics funds under management to $3.5 billion. The $700 million in acquisitions over the past three months have been acquired ...

Women fail to break into the industry's last boys club

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
The Australian funds management industry is failing to attract female fund managers, even if research proves that gender diverse investment teams outperform those who are male-only. At a time when the financial services sector is pushing to increase ...