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Macquarie and CBA in global top 100

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... by over just 2% in 2014 to reach a new high of US$78.1 trillion, compared to US$76.4 trillion the year before. Asset managers have added almost US$30 trillion globally since 2004, despite growth slowing to its lowest rate for a decade. "Despite a challenging ...

Lazard launches new alternatives fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... Arora join Lazard recently from HSBC, where for the past five years he was a lead equity research analyst covering asset managers, specialist lenders and international dealer brokers as well as European investment banks. Arminjon joined Lazard in June ...

Multi-asset funds see huge lift in inflows

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... almost matched those for last year as a whole, and were about five times those of 2012. Cerrulli says established asset managers with expertise across asset classes can easily leverage existing products to offer MA funds. However there is not universal ...

Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... against each of the six Principles for Responsible Investment, including stating that: "The GPIF will ask external asset managers whether they are signatories to the PRI, and will ask the signatories to report their ESG activities and the non-signatories ...

Australian among most influential investment consultants

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... who have made a positive impact for their clients." It is sourced by interviews with pension and non-profit CIOs, asset managers, and former consultants, representing the magazine's "best approximation of the hierarchy of today's institutional consultant ...

BNP Paribas loses custody deal to RBC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... year, will also be administered by RBC. RBC Investor and Treasury Services managing director David Travers said: "Asset managers are increasingly looking for their service providers to bring insight as well as operational capability to the development ...

First State Super appoints ex-Barclays risk head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... role, he was a senior risk manager at Barclays Capital, and before that, he held the same position at Old Mutual Asset Managers. At FSS, he will report to chief risk officer Suzette Thurman. Earlier in September, FSS made the Pensions & Investments/Towers ...

IRESS acquires UK fintech businesses

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... investors and brokers. The other is Pulse Software Systems, a provider of portfolio management software for private asset managers who manage investments for clients on a discretionary basis. Both transactions are expected to be completed in the last ...

Asset management modeling low-cost airlines

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... from a technology powerhouse such as Google but within the industry itself. "The conclusion we came to was that asset managers are going to remain in the driver's seat. These internet titans don't have the investment DNA over time. They're tied up producing ...

Perpetual wins RE mandate with seven funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... a desirable target for international fund managers and we are seeing continued demand from a range of offshore asset managers. "However, we are also seeing more and more local investment manager's transition to an independent RE, freeing up them to focus ...