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NZ Super posts 14% returns for FY2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund returned 14.64% and finished the year to June 2015 with funds under management of $29.54 billion. The fund exceeded its two benchmarks, which are its own passive reference portfolio and the Treasury bill, which measures ...

IRESS acquires UK fintech businesses

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... acquisition also includes the LSE Hub, a FIX order routing business which provides trade order connectivity between institutional investors and brokers. The other is Pulse Software Systems, a provider of portfolio management software for private asset ...

Cbus responds to Royal Commission allegations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
Industry superannuation fund Cbus has implored Commissioner Dyson Heydon to reject a version of events pointing to Cbus chief executive David Atkin being involved in releasing personal details of fund members who were Lis-Con employees. On Friday Cbus ...

Super board governance legislation introduced today

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
Federal Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will introduce the government's superannuation board governance legislation today at the angst of Industry Super Australia (ISA). Although debate on the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Trustee Governance) ...

ASIC seeks to wind up $18m manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
ASIC is seeking court orders to wind up an asset manager with approximately $18.5 million in funds under management. Avestra Asset Management - which ASIC's statement said is a "responsible entity or trustee of a number of managed investment schemes" ...

Star global equity manager to launch in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... head-to-head with the likes of Magellan and Platinum, bringing its top-performing global equity strategy to Australian institutional investors. The boutique, headed by star manager Tom Marsico, manages US, international and global equities totalling ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The financial services industry sees the leadership change as an opportunity for the government to finally issue its response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) report and other policy issues that have remained shelved for months. A number of industry ...

ANZ senior manager leaves to set up consultancy

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... funds consulting business," Douglas said. He explained that the firm will focus on specialist managed funds and institutional investment management research and it will look to coach fund managers with regard to investment capability, as well as assessing ...

First State Super funds Aussie start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
First State Super has led a $200 million capital raising aimed at nurturing the development of Australian internet start-ups. First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner confirmed the fund has made a $110 million investment towards ...

Mercer selects customer management platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... completion of a $1.3 million seed funding. PractiFI chief executive Glenn Elliott said the implementation at an institutional client site was an achievement for the cloud-based financial advice administration platform considering the product was launched ...