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ESI Super appoints NAB as custodian

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
The Electricity Supply Industry Superannuation Fund (Queensland) has appointed National Australia Bank as custodian of its invested assets. According to a May newsletter to members, the ESI Super trustee had appointed NAB as its new custodian, and said ...

Platinum holds steady in upswing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
Platinum International fund, the largest global equities fund in Australia with more than $7.6 billion in FUM, ranks as one of the top three performers in global equities in the year to April, but Platinum chief investment officer Kerr Neilson, still ...

J.P. Morgan extends link with ACC

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... deliver direct lending, compliance reporting and transaction capture services. Combining both the services with the one custodian should provide greater efficiencies across the ACC's operations and middle office environment, J.P. Morgan said in a statement. ...

Smaller funds lack risk reserves

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... methodology. It's not just set and forget, we look at that each year as part of our mandate," he said. "We utilise National Custodian Services as our custodian and they undertake the unit pricing regime for us and we have our own internal controls to ...

Long and short funds merge to ride crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2009
The financial crisis could bridge the gap between diametrically opposed asset managers with more hedge funds merging with long-only funds to slash operational costs, predicts consultancy firm Accenture. Mark Halverson, global executive partner, wealth ...

RBC Dexia tops custody survey

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... Canada and the "rest of the world" category in the annual R&M Consultants Global Custody Survey. Overall the Canadian custodian ranked third - representing the sixth consecutive year the company has occupied one of the top three spots in the survey. ...

UniSuper names NAB custodian

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
The $21 billion industry superannuation fund, UniSuper has reappointed NAB Custodian Services (NCS) to provide master custody and investment reporting services. According to a press statement from the industry fund, the appointment follows a one-year ...

Custodians to play bigger role on risk mgmt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
Custodians can best serve their clients following last year's crisis by working more closely, over the long term, to develop custodial processes that can highlight risk management issues before they pose serious problems. Jane Perry, head of JP Morgan ...

Boutiques wary of automated systems

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... clients go live, others will start to come around. SWIFT signed on nine big names such as BNP Paribas, RBC Dexia, NAB Custodian Services, Vanguard Investments Australia and Macquarie last October to help the local funds management industry adopt automated ...

BNP Paribas upgrades client support

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... being deployed to clients in Australia this month. It is offered via BNP Paribas' web portal, Neolink. According to the custodian, My Queries is an online and automated query tracking system that streamlines the processes involved for initiating, managing ...