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Managed funds back on the menu for investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Domestic market volatility has driven investors back to professional fund managers, according to Investment Trends Research. Based on a survey of 9,793 Australian investors, Investment Trends' 2015 Investor Product Needs Report notes that although unlisted ...

Nikko handed Japanese fixed income mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Nikko Asset Management Australia's fixed income team has been awarded its first Japanese institutional mandate, effective this month. The fund manager said the new partnership, which sees Nikko AM manage a tailored Australian fixed income solution for ...

State Street SHE Index aimed at capitalising on diversity

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has launched the SPDR SSGA Gender Diversity Index ETF which is aimed at tracking the performance of US companies with female leaders. Operating under the ticker SHE, the index, which is currently only available to ...

Riskier glidepaths could be one retirement answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
A global retirement solutions executive says a stable, or even climbing, asset allocation glidepath in post-retirement may be a more sensible approach for target-date superannuation funds. J.P. Morgan Asset Management global head of retirement solutions ...

Little separates Australia's largest custodians

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
Assets under custody between Australia's two largest custodians narrowed significantly during the second half of 2015, with less than $11 billion separating NAB Asset Servicing and J.P. Morgan. NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) recorded a 16.8% decline in total ...

UniSuper appoints employer relationships manager

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
UniSuper has appointed Julie Stockton as national manager, employer relationships. In her new role Stockton will be responsible for maintaining and building on UniSuper's university partnerships and other related bodies. Commenting on Stockton's appointment ...

Planners turning to annuities and outcome funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Financial planners are increasingly turning away from cash and term deposits for their retirement clients while annuities and outcome-orientated funds are becoming more popular destinations for new client money instead, according to the latest retirement ...

Wingate hires head of research from London

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Boutique global equities manager Wingate Asset Management has appointed an investment manager from a UK firm to a newly-created head of research role. Hugh Selby-Smith joins the firm's Melbourne office from London-based Omni Partners, where he was responsible ...

PIMCO receives Zenith upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Zenith has upgraded the PIMCO Global Bond Fund, PIMCO Credit Fund and PIMCO Diversified Interest Fund from 'Recommended" to "Highly Recommended". PIMCO Capital Securities Fund, which invests in securities issued by banks specifically to raise regulatory ...

IMF Bentham announces $30m bond issue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
IMF Bentham has announced the launch of a bond issue of $30 million to be made available to wholesale investors such as institutional, private and SMSF investors. Arranged by FIIG Securities, the four year and three month fixed rate senior secure issue ...