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Aussie super funds climb ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
Total assets held by Australia's super funds rose almost 20% in 2019, with 16 now sitting within the top 300 pension funds worldwide, new analysis shows. In stark contrast to this year, Aussie super funds enjoyed an extremely positive 2019, according ...

Sydney boutique wins $300m QIC mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
A Sydney boutique co-founded by three former Challenger investors has won a $300 million mandate from QIC to co-invest in local private debt. Revolution Asset Management will originate and manage Australia and New Zealand private debt from QIC via the ...

Northern Trust races up custody league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
This year's market turmoil has shuffled the lineup of biggest custody players, with NAB Asset Servicing falling two spots and Northern Trust inching up to the second-largest custodian in Australia. Australian Custodial Services Association's ...

How to make sense of reporting season

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
As we reach a third of the way through Australia's reporting season, an advice and stockbroking group has identified three key trends that have so far emerged from the results. Wilsons Advisory noted that many of the companies that have reported thus ...

Canadian pension fund pursues global growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
One of Canada's biggest pension funds is restructuring to better position itself for international opportunities, including in the Asia Pacific region. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) is shifting to an integrated structure for international ...

Litigation funding fight heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... without interruption. "This submission has been found very wanting," O'Neil said. Paterson accused her of "badgering the witness". On Friday Australia's largest litigation funder, Omni Bridgeway, reported to the ASX that the Federal Court had ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... issued this statement at the conclusion of the central bank's Board meeting on 7 July. Economic stats and surveys bore witness to Gov Lowe's words. The charts highlight the country's improving picture as state governments began to relax restrictions ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
S&P Global has warned of a record number of junk bonds in June as issuance in the US high yield bond market tracks at its busiest pace. The global ratings agency said there is an expected US$23.88 billion priced through June 12, following on from May's ...

Enquiry into lacklustre employee share schemes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
Australia's reluctance to adopt employee share schemes will be the subject of a public enquiry, with the aim of breathing new life into such schemes. The Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue will inquire into and report on the tax treatment of employee ...

State Street fund purges tobacco, weapons

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
State Street's international equities trust, which tracks MSCI World ex Australia, is set to exclude tobacco and controversial weapons. It will make the changes from July 1, for both the hedged and unhedged versions of the State Street International ...