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Super set for best year since 2007

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
The recovery in super fund returns that continued apace in the year to May 2013 points to 2012/13 being the best returns year since 2007. The upbeat assessment is contained in the latest SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index ...

Super fund returns recovery rolls on

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The recovery in super fund returns has continued apace in April 2013 as the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index climbed again to 12.7%, its second highest level in three years. Explaining why rolling 12 month returns remain ...

UBS creates APAC real estate role

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
Former Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) managing director Trevor Cooke is set to join UBS Global Asset Management (UBS) in a newly created role. Cooke will officially join UBS on May 27, 2013 as head of global real estate for Asia Pacific. According ...

IFM raises airport holdings

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... acquired additional equity stakes in Airport Development Group (NT Airports) and the Australia Pacific Airport Corporation (APAC), the fund announced today. This move increases IFM's ownership position in NT Airports from 55.6% to 77.4% while its stake ...

Bravura and Rice Warner launch new super tool

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... superannuation fund's marketing plan following the introduction of scaled advice," said Roland Slee, Bravura's managing director, APAC. With this joint service, funds have the ability to generate statements of advice for transactions without the need ...

Business as usual at Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... was made redundant following restructuring that has grouped Australia and New Zealand in with Europe, while the rest of the APAC region, including Japan, has been grouped within a new "Growth Markets" division. Mercer's former Asia-Pacific managing director ...

UBS Global AM secures major FI mandates

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012
... understood that both mandates will predominantly be invested in Australian bond funds. Anne Anderson, Head of Fixed Income for APAC said, "We are delighted with these considerable wins which demonstrate the market confidence in our fixed income business." ...

Ugly jobs decline rattles financial services

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... world, there are still hiring activity. The quarter-on-quarter figures (Q3 2012 - Q2 2012) show significant growth across the APAC region in the last three months in several key areas. McFerran explained that insurance hiring is occurring on a larger ...

BNY Mellon appoints head of intermediary distribution

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... for its business in India. In his new role, he will assume responsibility for developing and managing the build out of the APAC intermediary sales strategy and distribution channel network and relationships. Suri also joins BNY Mellon's APAC Investment ...

Reg compliance with archaic technology unlikely: Bravura

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2012
... complying with new financial services regulations potentially 'insurmountable', a software administrator has warned. Bravura's APAC managing director Roland Slee said that many financial services institutions face a disparate mix of legacy hardware and ...