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Fidelity names Australian MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Fidelity International has appointed a new managing director for its Australian operations. In addition to her role as investment director, Alva DeVoy has been promoted as managing director, Australia. DeVoy will be based in Sydney and assume responsibility ...

Aussie government bond flaunts confidence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
Oversubscription to the Australian government's 30-year bond demonstrates both foreign and domestic confidence in the country. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison said the bond raised $7.6 billion from investors and the historic issue attracted bids totalling ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published its October World Economic Outlook (WEO) report and true to form, it's once more taking down earlier more optimistic forecasts. In October 2015, the IMF saw world economic output growing brightly ...

QIC and Future Fund win Port of Melbourne lease

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
... the ACCC provided approval for the two Australian-led bids to progress. The IFM Investors-led group included Dutch pension fund manager APG, and Macquarie's infrastructure and real assets division. QIC global infrastructure head, Ross Israel, said the ...

Managed portfolios vital for SMSF diversification

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... traded funds. "We think the big issue with SMSFs is the huge asset imbalance they have compared to the prevailing pension fund accepted practice," Gillett said. "If you look at the SMSFs in Australia, less than 1% of those assets in SMSFs are invested ...

Top pension funds slide for first time since GFC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Total assets of the 300 largest pension funds worldwide fell for the first time since the beginning of the global financial crisis, according to Willis Towers Watson research. The P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 300 report shows that in 2015, total ...

Capital stewards create value on Main Street

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... to timing and market occurrences. "Capital stewardship is time and market dependent. For example the way a German pension fund prioritises its regulatory obligations and compliance from an ESG perspective would be vastly different from a UK fund," Prugue ...

IFM and QIC to compete for Port of Melbourne

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... vertical relationships. IFM Investors is proposing to acquire a 50% to 55% interest in the port, combined with Dutch pension fund manager APG (25-30%), and Macquarie's infrastructure and real assets division (20%). The QIC consortium sees its private ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... that is far advanced in its commitment to ESG analysis is Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW), the second largest pension fund in the Netherlands. Following the fund's November commitment to halve its carbon footprint by 2020, PGGM, the fund manager ...

Japanese pension fund continues ESG commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is planning to host about 20 of the world's largest asset owners for an ESG investment forum later this year. The Global Asset Owners' Forum will continue the fund's obligation to better understand responsible ...