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Industry fund renews custodian

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... focused on enhancing member returns. "HESTA is one of the industry's most respected and best performing superannuation funds that continues to demonstrate strong growth," Schiavon said. J.P. Morgan is Australia's largest custodian with $797 billion ...

Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... strategies mandates in the 12 months to June 2018, bfinance said. The most popular diversifying strategy allocation was hedge funds (44%), followed by multi-asset (19%) and portfolio-level overlays in areas such as equity, currency or liability risk ...

Financial literacy critical to European retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... the list. Speaking to a group of international media in London on Wednesday, J.P. Morgan Asset Management head of Europe funds business Massimo Greco said the statistics left a large puzzle for wealth managers as the lack of financial literacy and investment ...

AFA Foundation celebrates record year

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... Ross Barnwell, Cara Williams, David Mounsey and Michael Molloy. This year's AFA National Adviser Conference will raise funds for Legacy, Black Dog Institute, Make A Wish and MS Research Australia. The Queensland charity partner is Ruralaid and its ...

Aviva chief executive exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... happy to leave the company in a strong position from which it can thrive. In Australia, Aviva Investors runs multi-strategy funds and fixed income funds. Aviva Investors is the global asset management arm of Aviva plc. It had US$482 billion ($648 billion) ...

What do future asset managers look like?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... underperforming products over capacity in global asset management. In Europe alone there are 4458 domestic equity mutual funds and ETFs, yet there is 3910 companies listed on European exchanges. He also said asset managers have been reluctant to shut ...

Funds SA portfolio manager leaves, team to expand

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... is bidding farewell to a long-standing portfolio manager who looked after its alternatives portfolio. Clive Boyce managed Funds SA's private equity, infrastructure and opportunistic property investments, starting in 2005. He stepped away from full-time ...

WAM pushes for HHY closure

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... Asset Management wants to shutter the underperforming Hastings High Yield Fund (HHY) amid the controversy surrounding Aurora Funds Management, which acts as its responsible entity. WAM is setting in motion a general meeting to urge HHY shareholders to ...

Analysts await next Magellan move

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... be completed in the coming months. "Given the increasing complexity of the business following the acquisition of Airlie Funds Management, it is pleasing to see the separation of day-to-day operational management and investment roles," an analyst note ...

ASIC provides relief for naked short selling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... expire. ASIC said the new relief and modifications allow ETF market makers to make naked short sales in ETFs and managed funds in the course of making a market in units in those funds. The corporate regulator added the relief would facilitate market ...