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Australia ahead in gender diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... the most ground, it's a mixed bag. Richardson says financial services tend to do well in terms of the big banks and super funds taking the lead on gender diversity initiatives. There are reports which say the mining industry lacks in this area, but companies ...

MLC MySuper switches to lifestage

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... changes appear to be a fundamental design shift for MLC. "It shows MLC is serious about differentiating itself among retail funds. Its new lifestage option design seems to be modelled on highly successful lifestage products offered by award winning not-for-profit ...

Former Arnhem partners join boutiques

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... professionals to the firm to launch our global equity investment capability," it said. Mark Nathan recently joined Regal Funds Management as a portfolio manager, focusing his effort on the financial sector and will be based in Sydney. Nathan was the ...

Trust deficit boosts Australian Ethical membership, FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... corresponding period last year," Vernon said. It reached the $3 billion FUM milestone across superannuation and managed funds in mid-February 2019. Statutory NPAT for the first half jumped 47% year on year to $3.4 million.

Pinnacle nears $50bn milestone

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Pinnacle Investment Management saw its funds under management increase 22.9% to $46.7 billion in the six months to December 2018. And affiliate Firetrail Investments all but reached institutional investor capacity during the period. Breaking down Pinnacle's ...

More consolidation to come: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
Of the 28 funds identified by APRA as candidates for merger in the last 12 months, at least 13 have moved to do so. And a further three could also be headed for the exit door, APRA chair Wayne Byres said. Appearing before the Senate Economics Legislation ...

GAM sacks investment director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... decision. In August 2018, Haywood was at the centre of an investigation that saw GAM's range of absolute return bond funds liquidated. GAM suspended Haywood pending an investigation into his risk management and record keeping processes, triggering ...

Super needs a clear objective: Cooper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... the few times since I've been in the super industry where you've had the major different parts of the sectors - industry funds, retail funds, SMSFs - all together in a room and all agreeing that we need to proceed with implementing an objective of super. ...

Arming human traders for big-ticket trades

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... Discovery, aims to give human traders the same level of analytics as accessible to high-frequency traders or niche hedge funds. "Traders have far more data than they are capable of absorbing," Liquidnet chief scientist Tom Doris said on his visit to ...

Perpetual thinks outside value investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... committed to active value investing." Perpetual Private recorded $2.5 billion in FUA for charitable trusts and endowment funds; before-tax profit was 2% lower at $22.6 million. Perpetual Corporate Trust was the only subsidiary to report positive year-on-year ...