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Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... Association of Australia (RIAA) along with the University of Auckland and AMP Capital has revealed how difficult it is for fund managers to actually measure the influence of impact investments. The report found that impact measurement practices vary ...

Former Deutsche director joins EQT

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... at the now defunct-Sydney broking firm BBY Limited and BNP Paribas where he serviced Asia-based Australian equity fund managers. Equity Trustees head of asset management Darren Thompson welcomed Mundell's appointment. "As Australia's second-largest provider ...

What fundies seek in an asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Five years ago, fund managers considered an asset consultant's staff as their most important attribute but in 2019 they attach more importance to their research, says Frontier Advisors. Frontier Advisors asked fund managers of their views of asset consultants ...

Growing uncertainty sees more advisers outsourcing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... to have contributed to its popularity in this environment. Advisers surveyed by Investment Trends said they want fund managers to meet their information and education needs. "Already, planners are interacting with investment product providers through ...

Crunch time for boutique funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
The boutique model has long coaxed successful fund managers out of big asset management firms but the new class of fund managers looking to break out faces a very different landscape. At least eight boutiques have indicated intention to shut shop so ...

Chi-X launches new trading solution

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... protection, between 10:00am and 4:20pm. The functionality was developed in consultation with almost 70 local and global fund managers. Chi-X Australia chief executive Vic Jokovic said MatchPoint was developed to provide a "flexible and competitively ...

Dealer group to fight grandfathered commissions ban

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... no longer applies. Moreover, there is a real risk that adviser property rights may be wiped out unilaterally by fund managers feeling obligated to stop paying grandfathered commissions, potentially in breach of their distribution agreements." He added ...

Equity Trustees confirms international strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... outsourcing to independent parties to perform the role corporate fiduciary is a global trend. "It makes sense for fund managers to want to focus on managing clients' money," he said. "This appointment was a result of River and Mercantile making a decision ...

Super funds recognised in UNPRI awards

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... climate change can pose very real long-term risks to our investment returns," she added, "so it is critical that the fund managers we work with not only identify these risks but, put in place mechanisms to mitigate them." HESTA chief Debby Blakey said ...

Industry super fund headcounts to swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... in lending conditions." The trend of super funds moving their investment operations in-house has had an impact on fund managers, with most hiring now driven by staff turnover, McGilton said. There is no shortage of talent however, with the internalisation ...