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AMP Capital awards $670m to NZ boutique manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
AMP Capital has awarded a $670 million (NZ$690 million) equities mandate to a New Zealand boutique investment management firm that specialises in listed equity and property. From 1 April 2015, Salt Funds Management will manage the AMP Capital NZ Shares ...

VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
AllianceBernstein has been awarded a $100 million mandate from VicSuper for its Emerging Consumer strategy. "The Emerging Consumer strategy will diversify our emerging-market equities exposure. We were impressed by the product's uniqueness," said VicSuper ...

Telstra Super lawyer wins WiS scholarship

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... been awarded one of four inaugural Mavis Robertson Scholarship Programs, offered by advocacy group Women in Super. The awards were announced to coincide with International Women's Day on Sunday 8 March 2015. Sharyn Cowley joined Telstra Super in 2011 ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... their businesses as well as to the client." The AFA and PFL compared five key areas when determining the winners of the awards: financial strength of the company, product feature strength, company service quality, premium rates and company market strength. ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... duplicates and undermines this role by selecting a limited number of compulsory default funds for employers using Modern Awards. Just as we should guarantee choice to consumers, employers should be allowed to select a default fund from all APRA authorised ...

Vanguard is Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... Cromwell Phoenix Property Securities (Listed Property) and UBS Tactical Beta (Undiscovered Manager). According to Morningstar, awards are determined based on qualitative research, risk-adjusted returns over medium- and long-term periods and calendar ...

MLC fund is Roy Morgan retail super fund of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
MLC-owned Plum has been named retail super fund of the year by participants in Roy Morgan's customer satisfaction awards. Given the same award last year, Plum is MLC's main corporate super provider. "This award is testament to our commitment to delivering ...

Consumers need super default safety net: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... both recommendations were built on the Cooper Review's recommendations, which envisaged the same role for default funds in awards approved by the industry. "Despite these inquiry findings, bank-owned super funds are continuing a campaign to scrap the ...

CBA awards $200m mandate to London manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
Commonwealth Bank has awarded a $200 million global equity mandate to a London-based fund manager. Ardevora Asset Management is an equity specialist with US$1.5 billion in assets under management that runs four equity strategies: global long-only, global ...

Zenith awards two funds 'Recommended' ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
Research house Zenith has awarded 'Recommended' ratings to two international equity funds. JPMorgan's Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund received the rating with Zenith praising the investment team as "is one of the strongest within the emerging market ...