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SSGA wields power on gender equality

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
State Street Global Advisors has called for greater female representation on the boards of companies in which it invests, collectively representing more than $30 trillion in market capitalisation. SSGA said in the event a company is too slow to take ...

Women-led super funds outperform, so why so few leaders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
Superannuation funds with higher than average levels of female strategic leadership outperforming other funds forces the question of why the proportion of women in superannuation leadership roles remains so low. Research by Rainmaker into the relative ...

Emerging markets investment grows with new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
An investment firm specialising in emerging markets launched its first fund at an event in Sydney yesterday. The Emerging Markets Sustainable Leaders Fund is the first fund from Remerga, providing investors with access to diverse markets such as South ...

New social bond advocates gender equality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
National Australia Bank is issuing a social bond that will enable institutional investors to directly invest in Australian organisations actively championing women and equality in the workplace. The NAB Social Bond (Gender Equality) is a fixed income ...

BTIM strengthens risk and operations divisions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
BT Investment Management Australia will welcome a new chief risk officer. Mark Coles has been appointed to the role, bringing more than 20 years' experience in banking, investments, asset management, structuring private equity transactions and acquisitions. ...

Merger creates active management behemoth

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
The recommended all-share merger of two international active investment managers will create an entity worth more than $1 trillion in assets. Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management have agreed to the terms of the merger, whereby Aberdeen and Standard ...

QIC answers global infrastructure demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
Proving that demand for global infrastructure investment is high, the QIC Global Infrastructure Fund (QGIF) closed after exceeding its $1.75 billion target. Representing the hard-cap for its 18-month fund raise, the fund achieved capital commitments ...

Trustee Partners hunts GM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
Trustee Partners is recruiting a general manager to head its Australian operations. The general manager will report to the global chief executive and be responsible for running day-to-day operations of the Australian business, including overseeing the ...

NAB chief promises greater accountability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Thorburn pledged greater accountability and consequences for those who breach codes of conduct at the second round of the banking inquiry in Canberra on Friday. Thorburn and chief operating officer Anthony ...

Super to drive employment in 2017

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
The superannuation and investment industry may prove to be Australia's biggest employment growth area in 2017. New insights from an industry survey conducted by SUPER Recruiters shows 50% of respondents anticipate the need to employ more staff this ...