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TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... ($721m) hold the biggest market share of the group insurance sector. Strategic Insights provides research on the managed funds, retirement and life insurance market, founded by Simon Solomon in 1988 as Plan For Life. The group grew from an actuarial ...

Pension fund giant mandates Fidelity

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... the mandate's amount. The GPIF has held the top rank Willis Tower Watson's list of the world's largest pension funds since 2002. It had US$1.4 trillion in 2017, making it 36% larger than the second fund in the rankings, the Norwegian government's ...

Morningstar names best performing funds in 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... This is a long way from the median Aussie equities manager who made -0.8% during the trailing one year. In global shares, funds from Hyperion, Magellan and Nikko Asset Management delivered the best returns, with 18.8%, 12.1% and 12% respectively. By ...

KPMG hires legal services partner

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... long-standing member of the Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets team to sustain its relationships with superannuation funds. Samantha Brewer joined KPMG as a transaction services partner as a part of KPMG's deals, tax and legal division. For ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... members to lodge and track insurance claims digitally. MetLife is looking to rollout the system to other superannuation funds this year. "The process took about six months, end to end," Batten told Financial Standard. "We weren't starting from the ...

ASIC to examine super fund and employer connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
ASIC confirmed it will look further into the links between superannuation funds and employers in 2019. ASIC said one of its 2019 priorities is to examine the relationship between superannuation funds and employers, who assume great responsibility in ...

Blue Sky appoints CFO

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... investment (residential, commercial, retail, industrial and retirement), construction, agriculture, investment banking and the funds management sector," Blue Sky said in company filings on December 24. Walker holds an MBA from the University of Queensland ...

JPMAM global fixed income CIO exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... Opportunities Fund. Global chief investment officer and head of GFICC Robert Michele and Stealey will continue to co-manage the two funds. In a statement the firm said: "Iain, who has been with JPMAM for more than 16 years, has been named on these funds ...

Advice dealer group, fintech align

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... Australia and help to service its members. Statewide Super has more than 140,000 members, 22,000 employers and $8 billion in funds under management. Elders Financial Planning has more than 60 financial planners nationwide with more than $1 billion under ...

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... China. More so, because despite the slowdown in global trade and the Fed's four interest rate hikes in 2018 (the fed funds rate increased from 1.5% to 2.5%), US economic growth remains strong - evidenced by the sharply stronger-than-expected jump ...