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Bragg renews calls for Future Fund to manage super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has launched a short paper to push for the sovereign wealth fund to manage all superannuation unless a worker opts out. The 20-page widely spaced paper titled Competition for Workers' Superannuation characterises the current ...

Super unit boosts Equity Trustees performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... June 2021 show. Total FUMAS was also boosted by the corporate trustees and securitisation unit, which had eight new fund manager client mandates. Clients included ANZ, Cordis, EFM, Lakehouse, Northern Trust and Triple Eight. O'Brien said the corporate ...

Evergreen launches RI index

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
Evergreen Consultants established a responsible investment index based on a grading system that focuses on an investment manager's intent and actions rather than solely on portfolio metrics. The Evergreen Responsible Investment Grading Index (ERIG Index) ...

Aviva, PSP Investments acquire property

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2021
... global knowledge hubs, given its talent pool, connectivity, corporate clusters and scalability," Aviva Investors fund manager George Fraser-Harding said. "This particular sub-market should fair especially well with a dynamic occupier base beginning to ...

Franklin Templeton appoints unit registry provider

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
Franklin Templeton Investments Australia has appointed unit registry services provider across 57 funds in the legacy Legg Mason business, after RBC Investor and Treasury Services exited its Australian registry business. Franklin Templeton will continue ...

Perpetual ups acquisition liability

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... ASX-listed firm said. Perpetual announced in July 2020 that it was seeking to acquire a 75% stake in $64 billion US fund manager Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss (otherwise known as Barrow Hanley). The remaining 25% interest is owned by Barrow Hanley's ...

New equality push in investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... bid to improve female representation in the funds management industry. "The FSC surveyed our domestic and global fund manager members on gender diversity in their investment teams. The survey showed that women on average make up 25% of investment teams," ...

Funds valued illiquid asset correctly: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
Corporate regulator ASIC stopped just short of praising fund managers on how they handled valuing illiquid assets at the height of COVID-19. ASIC found that the responsible entities of the funds were responsive to the increased valuation risks during ...

Lendlease fund acquires assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... continue to benefit from transport connectivity and continued investment in infrastructure." According to the latest Fund Manager Survey by industry associations ANREV, INREV and NCREIF, Lendlease is Australia's third-largest real estate fund manager ...

Acquisition to create APAC real assets heavyweight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
A Hong Kong-based real estate developer will acquire a leading APAC real assets fund manager to become the largest manager of its kind in the region. ESR Cayman Limited is to acquire 100% of ARA Asset Management for $7 billion (US$5.2bn) via a 90/10 ...