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QIC expands executive team, bolsters US footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
QIC has made several executive appointments locally and overseas in an effort to expand its US footprint and client base. Brian Delaney, who was executive director of strategy, clients and global markets, stepped into the newly created role of senior ...

Regtech scores deal with US bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
Sydney and Ireland based regtech Kyckr has signed a five-year data licensee agreement with a US bank, under which the bank will have access to 200 regulated primary sources of corporate intelligence across 120 territories. The un-named bank will be ...

Fees for no service an old issue: AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
Responding to Royal Commission findings, AMP says its fees for no service issue is old news; preparation of a Clayton Utz report into the issue has been overstated; and its misleading representations to ASIC have also been overstated. The 28-page response ...

Global investment firm to restructure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
A global investment firm with $176 billion in assets under management will undergo a corporate restructure. Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts (KKR) will convert from a partnership to a corporation on July 1, in a move which is designed to attract new investors. ...

Super fund launches renewable energy investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Future Super will launch its new investment option later this month, one which targets a 20% allocation to renewable energy and does not invest in fossil fuels. Future Super co-founder Simon Sheikh said Future Super Growth (Renewables Plus) empowers ...

Corporate bond demand strengthens: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Momentum in the local corporate bond market is strengthening as investors start to shift from a deeply-rooted property and equities investment culture to defensive assets that preserve capital and generate a reliable income stream. This is according ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Financial Standard's latest roundtable event turned attention to how fund managers, financial advisers, researchers and analysts build investment portfolios for market crises. SQM Research head of research Robert da Silva says behavioural insights over ...

Fund manager names new chair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
A $15 billion unlisted property fund manager is welcoming its new chair this week. An internal appointment at the Industry Superannuation Property Trust (ISPT) saw Rosemary Hartnett become chair, effective 1 May 2018. She was appointed for a three-year ...

Vale Terry Mackenroth

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
Terry Mackenroth, QSuper trustee and former deputy premier and treasurer of Queensland, has passed away. Mackenroth joined QSuper in 2016 after a long-serving parliamentary career that spanned nearly 28 years. Mackenroth was responsible for setting ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
There's an investment management view that too little is being spent globally on asset owner stewardship. An expert in the area says the world's largest pension and sovereign wealth funds must see corporate sustainability from the viewpoint that it's ...