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Real Asset Management embraces SMAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
As part of an extension of its product range, Real Asset Management now offers two separately managed account strategies. Available via Macquarie Wrap, RAM's Diversified Fixed Interest & Credit SMA and its Listed Interest Rate Securities SMA strategies ...

Industry fund expands executive team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
An industry super fund is focusing on growth and member experience with the appointment of two new executives to its senior leadership team. Former general manager of RACV Insurance, Paul Northey, will join CareSuper as executive manager - relationships ...

Xero seeks global growth, director steps down

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... annual shareholder meeting in Sydney this morning, chief executive and founder Rod Drury said the firm will also increase its focus on the financial services sector to establish a "global financial web." Partnering with more than 140 financial and fintech ...

Private Portfolio Managers launch SMAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... PPM, the SMA is constructed without consideration for index weighting or other artificial constraints and with a strong focus on generating returns, preserving capital and effectively managing tax outcomes. "Launching SMA strategies on the Powerwrap ...

Adviser models replacing product focus with customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... management service provider Milliman. Advisers historically placed products front and centre - but products are no longer the focus, rather they are one of the building blocks to the adviser-client relationship, Milliman principal Craig McCulloch said. ...

PIMCO de-risks ahead of expected recession

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... of recession in the next three-to-five years. Fels explained that PIMCO is currently in risk reduction mode, adding: "Our focus is on capital preservation: the return of capital rather than the return on capital." Practically speaking, PIMCO will reduce ...

MetLife restructures US and UK operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... businesses into insurance subsidiaries of the newly formed Brighthouse Financial on 29 June 2017. MetLife will now instead focus on domestic group policies and operations as well as its international businesses, while individual life insurance policies ...

Responsible investment continues to gain acceptance among investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... equality, conflict risk, and impact measurements," she said. "These themes have led institutional investors to increasingly focus both on the materiality of ESG factors as well as outcome metrics aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals." According ...

AustralianSuper posts annual investment results

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
Australia's largest superannuation fund, with more than $120 billion under management, has returned double digit returns for balanced account members. After taxes and fees, the investment option returned 12.44% for the 2016-17 financial year. According ...

Cameron Hume hires fixed income expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
International fixed income manager Cameron Hume hired an industry specialist to help grow its investment management capabilities. Russ Oxley, founder of Avrox Investment Solutions will work with the firm on a consultancy basis to develop strategic investment ...