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Super funds hunt for co-investment deals

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... amount secured in 2019 of $735 million - it has yet to gain stronger momentum among super funds. Preqin senior vice president and head of research and data operations Ee Fai Kam recently spoke to Financial Standard about Aussie super funds' attraction ...

Keep COVID-19 in perspective: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... is the best defence in foreign policy," she said. Cantrill theorised that in light of the geopolitical tensions, US President Joe Biden is looking inwards - believing that a stronger, more prosperous US is the best defence against rising trade tensions. ...

AFCA welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... of Pacific Brands, which is now owned by US firm Hanesbrands, and prior that was the chief executive of Fosters and president of Diageo. He is the founder and chair of Leef Independent Living Solutions. Pollaers is also currently the chancellor of Swinburne ...

Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard's recent virtual presentation provided a timely venue for the Fed to push back on inflation fears that drove equity markets down a day before. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' ...

Kapstream co-founder announces career break

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... co-founded Kapstream in 2006 with Kumar Palghat, a former PIMCO executive. California-based Maroutsos was also a vice president at PIMCO, starting in August 1999. From July 2015, Kapstream has operated autonomously under Janus Henderson with about $17 ...

Super funds slam budget's super gap measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... lacks an overall objective for superannuation and its role in supporting retirement incomes," said Actuaries Institute president Jefferson Gibbs. "The Institute urges the Government to provide clarity on the purpose of superannuation, to enable more ...

BetaShares opens NZ office, makes hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... head of investor relations at Pie Funds Management. He also spent time at Nomura Asset Management in the UK as vice president of sales and marketing and at Macquarie New Zealand as a business development manager. BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur ...

Russell adds to senior leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... Investments has named a longstanding Goldman Sachs managing director as its global chief investment officer and appointed a president from Morgan Stanley to oversee sales and support. Kate El-Hillow spent over 16 years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has tapered sooner-than-later taper expectations, along comes Robert Steven Kaplan -- president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. While the US Federal Reserve was waxing optimistic on the outlook ...

Proxy advisers under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... out that several of the individuals in favour of the reforms may be biased on the issue. Business Council Australia president Tim Reed put out a statement in favour of the reforms. "The decisions made by proxy advisors have big implications on how businesses ...