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Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... respectively. The US has the largest number of funds within the top 300 ranking (134), followed by the U.K. (26), Canada (18), Japan and Australia (both 16). Defined benefit (DB) assets increased by 5.6% in 2016, compared to 9.6% for Defined Contribution ...

Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... products to participating Asian countries with "limited additional regulatory requirements." These countries - which include Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Thailand - will also be able to sell their managed funds products in Australia, once again with ...

Fixed income manager opens Australian office

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... He has worked at the firm for more than five years and is currently head of sales for Australia, New Zealand and Asia ex-Japan. A subsidiary of RBC Global Asset Management, BlueBay holds about US$52 billion in assets under management globally. BlueBay ...

US$4.1 billion infrastructure debt fundraising secured

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
AMP Capital has reached final close on its Infrastructure Debt Fund III, completing one of the largest fundraisings in the world for an infrastructure debt strategy. The investment manager raised US$2.5 billion for the Debt Fund III (IDF III), an additional ...

Annuity sales boost Challenger results

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... entered into an annuity partnership with MS Private to provide Australian dollar annuity and life insurance products in Japan. Benari said the expansion into the Japanese annuity market has been successful, as the partnership with MS Private contributed ...

Japanese broker targets Aussie SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
One of Japan's largest online broking platforms is soon to launch in Australia with a focus on self-managed superannuation funds and financial advisers. Within two months the Monex Group expects to be operating in Australia, providing clients with trading ...

Leadership changes at UBS NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... markets for Australia and New Zealand. Ross then became managing director and co-head of global capital markets based in Japan in 2006 before he was appointed to head up the New Zealand business. The bank also announced Chris Simcock is taking over as ...

Aura appoints new head of distribution

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... distribution and client relations. Prior to that, he was head of distribution at BNY Mellon, head of distribution Asia ex-Japan at Credit Suisse, and head of distribution at Barclays Capital Fund Services. He has also held senior roles at Goldman Sachs ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Unlike the Bank of Canada (BOC) which he headed from 2008-2013, now Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney didn't follow through on the remarks he made at the European Central Bank Forum in Portugal that, "Some removal of monetary stimulus is likely ...

Nikko AM to disrupt with acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... stakeholder in ARK Investment Management, Nikko AM has obtained exclusivity to provide ARK products and investment strategies in Japan and the Asia Pacific. ARK specialises in thematic investing in disruptive innovation, identifying companies that it ...