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APRA questioned on super performance test

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... deliver higher returns and less risky investments that underpin the overall portfolio. "Clearly, if government were to mandate something in relation to a particular area, which I haven't seen so far, I would expect that we would be asked whether ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
The controversial $370 billion pact between the US, Australia, and the UK, or 'AUKUS', is being sold as a boon for the economy and nation-building exercise that will amplify defence capabilities and strengthen regional security. But is it all ...

Australian Ethical awards front office mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
Australian Ethical has awarded State Street's Charles River a mandate to automate its investment portfolio's front and middle office operations. The ethical investment manager will use Charles River's Investment Management Solution, which manages more ...

Jupiter AM awards distribution mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
UK active fund manager Jupiter Asset Management has inked a new distribution partnership as it targets the superannuation sector and attempts to expand in the region. The £51.3 billion ($100bn) investment manager hired Melbourne-based Institutional ...

CBA's conviction on December rate cut has 'dipped'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... date for the first reduction in the cash rate, we stick with our call," Aird said. Aird noted that the RBA has a dual mandate to keep inflation within the 2% to 3% range and reach "full employment". "There is no numerical target around what constitutes ...

Perpetual remuneration report cops first strike

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... quarter delivering close to $4 billion in net inflows and while part of this result is attributable to a short-dated cash mandate, it is nonetheless pleasing to see the strong result, as well as an improvement in net outflows in both the offshore J O ...

Mandate appointments sink to new lows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
... into freefall, according to the latest Rainmaker Information research. NFP super funds and investment managers made 76 mandate appointments in the year to June 2024, 51% fewer than the previous year. A decade earlier, there were an estimated 391 mandate ...

JANA awarded mandate for $2bn construction leave scheme

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
JANA Investment Advisers will now provide asset consulting services for LeavePlus, a $2 billion portable long service leave scheme for Victorian construction industry workers. Formerly known as CoINVEST, LeavePlus administers the scheme for 280,000 ...

GSFM hires retail business head

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
GSFM has recruited a new head of retail business who will join the multi-boutique from Warakirri Asset Management. Ben Williams officially starts on October 21 and will report to GSFM chief executive Damien McIntyre. He replaces Stephen Fletcher, who ...

Australian Food Super picks TAL for group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
... industry superannuation fund has transitioned its group insurance arrangements to TAL. It marks the end of a five-year mandate with AIA, which took over as the fund's group life insurer in September 2019 from MetLife. Effective September 1, the mandate ...