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Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... annual Voice of the Asset Owner Survey. Of the asset owners surveyed, nearly half of which come from Australia and New Zealand, concerns around the status of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, global economic volatility, and US-China relations were also consistently ...

Super funds back $9.6bn homegrown platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... Yield in Australia and Hong Kong as well as the expansion of various startup programs across Australia, Singapore and New Zealand, were key drivers of growth in the region, which saw revenue increase by 109% year-on-year. It has presence in New York ...

Super funds covet more global equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... Despite a prominent tilt to global equities, the analysis, led by J.P Morgan head of equity research for Australia and New Zealand Jason Steed, shows super funds are collectively underweight in US mega-cap technology stocks or the Magnificent 7. "The ...

NZ Super appoints inaugural chief operating officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, manager of NZ Super Fund, has promoted Paula Steed to the newly created position of chief operating officer. The appointment combines Steed's current role of general manager technology and general manager ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Australia. Earlier in her career, she was head of client and consultant relations for T. Rowe Price in Australia and New Zealand, transferring to Australia from the firm's London office. While in London, she did short stints at First Sentier Investment ...

NZ Super recognised for two decades of outperformance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is the world's best-performing sovereign wealth fund over the past 20 years. That's according to GlobalSWF's annual rankings, which found NZ Super Fund's returns over the 20 years to June 2024 significantly outperformed ...

Hedge fund scraps local sales role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
BlueBay Asset Management has scrapped its institutional head of sales role in Australia and New Zealand, opting to distribute through a local firm. Ciaran McAssy confirmed his departure from the fixed-income hedge fund after almost 13 years as head ...

Global investor services group enters Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... requirements," Pesco said. "As the only scaled end-to-end provider of trustee services and loan administration in Australia and New Zealand, this positions us to grow our corporate trust and loan administration business in synergy, cross-selling into ...

Australian Ethical hires ESG heavyweight

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... philosophy, process, strategy and purpose. Simpson has over 20 years of experience working in the investment industry in New Zealand, Hong Kong, the UK, Germany and Australia. His career includes five years at ANZ Private Bank, where he established an ...

NZ Super commits NZ$50m to private equity manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has committed a further NZ$50 million ($45.2 million) to a private equity investment manager's strategy investing in Australian and New Zealand companies. The super fund has invested into Direct Capital's ...