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Superannuation fund delays custodian swap

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
A $35 billion public sector superannuation fund has deferred its transition to a new custodian, citing heightened short-term risk from COVID-19. Funds SA last July said it would end its 19-year-long custody relationship with J.P. Morgan and move to ...

Pension fund acquires Plenary Group business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
Plenary Asia Pacific is set to offload its North American operations to a $390 billion pension fund. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) will acquire Plenary Americas' in addition to the controlling stake already held through its PPP portfolio. ...

Diversity should not exclude white men: Thinking Ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Thinking about diversity as more than simply a matter of gender and race could benefit organisations, especially in the investment and pension industries, according to the co-head of the Thinking Ahead Institute. Thinking Ahead Institute at Willis Towers ...

Chief economist update: The cure for Italy's tourism problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... they would be shut down if they failed to ensure that their customers stayed at least one metre apart." "In parts of the north - the whole of Lombardy and two other areas comprising 14 provinces - additional curbs were imposed on people's movements. ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... US$27 billion in assets, robotics and automation is the most popular theme globally," Morningstar said. "Interestingly, North American funds account for just 6% of global robotics and automation assets, with the remainder divvied up 55%/45% between funds ...

Chief economist update: The crash we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... since the Global Financial Crisis that central banks are the new masters of the universe. Grexit, the Jasmine Revolution, North Korea's missile launches, Brexit and Trump's trade war -- and other challenges in-between -- proved no match for central ...

QIC names new head of global private capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... Simpson, who recently retired as the head of global private capital. Stephen Whatmore is moving into the role after leading the North American team and setting up the QIC global private capital office in San Francisco. Whatmore has invested across all ...

Northern Trust climbs custody league tables

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Northern Trust has rocketed up the asset servicing performance tables, after adding almost 30% to its assets under custody in the second half of 2019. The Australian Custodial Services Association's latest asset servicing industry statistics show Northern ...

Pinnacle boutique eyes wholesale market

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
A well-regarded infrastructure boutique, which recently co-invested with HESTA and First State, has opened its strategy to wholesale investors for the first time. Palisade Investment Partners has set up a feeder fund for wholesale investors, which will ...

Wells Fargo coughs up $4.5 billion

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... consent or under false pretences, with little regard to their needs and wellbeing. US Attorney for the Western district of North Carolina, Andrew Murray, said the settlement with Wells Fargo goes far beyond the "cost of doing business". "The $3 billion ...