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Default retirement products not good enough: Milliman

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
Superannuation funds that don't get to know members better ahead of designing a Comprehensive Income Product for Retirement are putting themselves at risk of severe reputational damage. That is the view of risk management and retirement experts Milliman ...

Iron magnate makes historic $400m pledge

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... Forrest, along with his wife Nicola, donated $400 million through their Minderoo Foundation, established back in 2001. The funds will be distributed across the following areas: three lots of $75 million will be distributed to cancer research, education ...

Perennial micro-cap fund gets Lonsec tick

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... general manager - investment services Brian Thomas added the trust's portfolio managers are investing alongside clients' funds, and that the trust will close when it reaches $150 million to protect existing investors. "Investors are perhaps rightly cynical ...

Colonial First State upgrades managed accounts offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... confirmed earlier this year its plans to expand its offering to the FirstChoice platform which recently reached $80 billion in funds under management. CFS executive general manager Linda Elkins said FirstChoice's endurance and continual growth has made ...

GSFM hires Macquarie exec

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Grant Samuel Funds Management has appointed a new compliance officer. Stuart Osborne joins GSFM from Macquarie, where he held multiple positions since 2002, including compliance and op risk executive, credit analyst, operational risk manager, and associate ...

Aussie hedge fund eyes US expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... range of absolute return strategies. Kalish said there is strong demand for Australian and Asia-Pacific absolute return funds in the US, and that "NWQ's globally recognised position in the Australian absolute investments market made the role a very appealing ...

Trustee Partners crosses the ditch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... and personal client services (PCS). CTS hold about 58% market share in New Zealand corporate trustee services with total funds under supervision of about NZ$142 billion. Meanwhile, PCS provides a range of trustee, estate, and related services to individuals/families ...

Former adviser launches sustainable trading platform

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... about 84% of millennials were interested in sustainable investing, and nearly twice as likely to invest in companies or funds that aim to use environmental, social or governance (ESG) practices to create a value differentiator. "Demographic trends signal ...

Australian impact investing primed to reach $32bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... investing to scale," O'Connor said. "Together with our other 150 members, we will bring the voices of 20 superannuation funds to the table. Alone, these super funds manage $500 billion of Australian and New Zealand retirement savings, and have huge potential ...

MainstreamBPO expands global footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
ASX-listed administration provider MainstreamBPO has acquired a global fund administrator boosting its funds under administration by US$7 billion. MainstreamBPO entered a sale agreement to purchase Irish firm Trinity Fund Administration's operations ...