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NZ Super Fund names acting chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
The Guardians of NZ Superannuation (Guardians) has appointed Alex Bacchus as acting chief investment officer. Bacchus joined the super fund in 2009 and has held various roles in the risk and asset allocation teams. Since 2014, he has led the super fund's ...

Broken promises leave survivors in the lurch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... entitled to claim such damages from the superannuation of offenders. Absent these changes, the consultation paper will fall far short of providing justice," he said. At the time, Jones said "the government will act quickly" to close the loophole. He ...

Freshwater Wealth launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
A former Viridian Advisory financial adviser has stepped out to launch a new venture, Freshwater Wealth, which caters to high-net-worth individuals. Sydney-based founder and partner Roger Perrett set up Freshwater Wealth, which is licensed by Centrepoint ...

ASIC tells super funds to 'step it up'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2024
... gave a stern warning to Australian superannuation funds. Constant said financial reporting of listed companies was falling short of expectations and warned super funds not to run the same risk. "Some of our recent work shows that in some quarters, some ...

Stockland, Invesco Real Estate forge land lease deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
Stockland has joined forces with Invesco Real Estate (IRE) to establish a land lease communities project tipped to be worth $1.1 billion. The open-ended partnership, which is based on Stockland's 50.1% interest and IRE's flagship pan-Asian core ...

Family offices up active management, eye generative AI: UBS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... more on manager selection and/or active management to enhance portfolio diversification, up 4% from 2023." High-quality short duration fixed income is the second most popular strategy, with 35% of family offices diversifying in this way, while 33% are ...

Fidelity shutters, delists funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... an international fixed interest strategy that failed to scale, as well as delisting a managed fund. The Fidelity Global Short Duration Income Fund focuses on investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds that have a low duration. The fund ceases operating ...

ISPT to divest $250m in super prime assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... said the ISPT portfolio presents an array of investment opportunities with varied strategies and risk profiles, offering short-term upside through rental reversion and asset optimisation, complemented by long-term leases for cutting-edge logistics assets. ...

Seven fund managers scoop up First Sentier mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
Colonial First State (CFS) flags it will appoint seven new managers to take over several mandates that will be vacated by First Sentier Investments (FSI) following the shock closure of four local investment teams. CFS has said it has been "actively ...

Liberals respond to Federal Budget

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... follow the example of major economies that use or are considering nuclear power and increase domestic gas production in the short term. To support this, he proposed unlocking gas reserves in key areas like the Beetaloo Basin, defunding the Environmental ...