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Northern Trust wins asset servicing mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... Australian equities boutique. JCP Investment Partners, having appointed Equity Trustees as responsible entity for two of its funds earlier this month, picked Northern Trust to provide global custodial and fund administration services across its product ...

Emerging markets need a rethink

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... Markets Index have inadvertently "undermined the whole concept of emerging markets." "If you look at a lot of emerging markets funds out there, most of them have the same stuff: they all own Samsung, they all own Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary makes local and global hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... as a product specialist covering currency, multi-asset and fixed income. Kibble spent more than 15 years with Macquarie Funds Management, focused on fixed income, currency and commodities and had responsibility for Macquarie's Australian dollar currency ...

Blue Sky profits underscore alternatives opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... under management by the end of FY19, having accrued $3.25 billion as at June 30. The firm currently manages 67 separate funds and exited four investments throughout the financial year at or above carrying value. Speaking to Financial Standard, Shand ...

Annuity sales boost Challenger results

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... further intentions to grow its operations in Japan having set up an office with three Japanese locals. Meanwhile, Challenger's funds management business recorded net flows of $6.2 billion in FY17, pushing average FUM to $61.8 billion, up 12% on the prior ...

Hedging strategies protecting members' assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
Superannuation funds are strategically using foreign exchange management to combat rapidly changing regulatory and market conditions and to protect members' assets, research from NAB shows. The annual superannuation FX hedging survey found a majority ...

IFM Investors continues global growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
Institutional fund manager IFM Investors grew its funds under management by 33% over the year to 30 June 2017, now totaling $92.9 billion with 93% of its products and mandates outperforming their objectives. The fund manager raised $18.8 billion from ...

New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
New Zealand's $35 billion sovereign wealth fund is hanging its future on a low-carbon strategy, shifting 40% of its funds away from companies with high exposure to carbon emissions and reserves. As part of the major deviation, Guardians of the New Zealand ...

Japanese broker targets Aussie SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... One of Japan's largest online broking platforms is soon to launch in Australia with a focus on self-managed superannuation funds and financial advisers. Within two months the Monex Group expects to be operating in Australia, providing clients with trading ...

APRA puts super funds on notice

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... about processes, frameworks, decision-making and the use of members' money, noting at a conference earlier this year that funds need to be clear about what their objective is in brand, advertising, marketing and sponsorship arrangements. ISA today relaunched ...