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Treasury heavy handed on portfolio disclosure

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
... limited portfolio disclosure are UniSuper and Sunsuper. Anthony Serhan, Morningstar chief executive for Australia and New Zealand, who will be a headline speaker on the topic at the FSC conference, said the cost to funds would be minimal if policy allows ...

KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... to about two-thirds of the nation's 3 million workforce. The fund, not to be confused with the New Zealand Superannuation Fund - akin to Australia's Future Fund - began in 2007 as New Zealand's version of a co-contribution superannuation scheme. Due ...

Northern Trust continues expansion

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... Northern Trust aims to build on its base of 14 institutional clients with $137bn in assets under custody in Australia and New Zealand." "Strategically, Australia is a key market for Northern Trust, and we continue to invest in People and global capabilities ...

Wins and losses in PC default super report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... leaves option two as the most likely compromise, which, ironically, is very similar to the way employer super works in New Zealand with a panel of KiwiSaver default funds. Reflecting these issues, the response from superannuation industry players is ...

ASIC winds up unregistered managed investment scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... is taking civil penalty action against the operators of Master Fund and 13 other schemes, including David Hobbs (a New Zealand citizen and resident), David Collard and Min Hua. The hearing of ASIC's civil penalty proceedings commences on 4 July 2012. ...

Super sector turning to dedicated long-term lenders

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... Balmain Investment Management is an independent funds manager specialising in secured private debt in Australia and New Zealand. Balmain's investment strategy is to construct and actively manage a diversified granular portfolio of mid-sized ($5-$10M) ...

BNP Paribas wins AvSuper mandate on tech

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
AvSuper has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia & New Zealand (BNP Paribas) custodian of their $1.25bn investment portfolio. The contract covers full master custodianship and fund administration services, with the choice prompted by ...

J.P. Morgan wins four super fund mandates

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... more than US$600bn in collateral balances. The four funds include $42bn AustralianSuper, NZ$18bn New Zealand Superannuation Fund, NZ$3bn Government Superannuation Fund Authority and NZ$$1.8bn National Provident Fund. Blair Harrison, head of Collateral ...

AustralianSuper talks scale, further growth

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... Vickers. Chris Field, executive director and senior relationship manager, World Wide Services, JP Morgan Australian and New Zealand said that while the average fund last year was $3.8 billion approx, it is predicted that the average fund will be $53 ...

Stronger Super makes trustee role unappealing: Mercer

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... of efforts to raise the standards for trustees, David Anderson, managing director and market leader for Australia/New Zealand, said the proposed legislation would create "overly prescriptive laws". "Applying onerous and, in many cases, ambiguous laws ...