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Australia's super assets fastest growing: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... the home bias for equities has reduced in the last 20 years from 68.7% to 41.1% in 2017. "The challenges faced by pension funds are complex. Our research suggests that pension plans must consider and address several key issues, such as: regulation; changes ...

Pacific Current sells stake in insto investment firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... in London, manages Japanese equity, global equity and emerging markets equity strategies for public and private pension funds, family offices and wealth managers. Pacific Current purchased an interest in the firm when it was founded in 2009. Under the ...

US firm hires QIC analyst in Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... chief strategist. Jacobi Strategies uses "proprietary storyboard technology," aimed at assisting asset managers and pension funds with portfolio design. Commenting on Priest's appointment, Mackenzie said: "We are excited to have David join the Jacobi ...

ETF fees to plunge: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... from new investors. Wealth managers, private banks and investment funds are showing promising interest in ETFs. Pension funds are likely to use ETFs to manage liquidity, while wealth managers are expected to look for core exposure through model portfolios. ...

Superannuation savings reach $2.5 trillion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... pool is about the fourth biggest in the world after the US, UK and Japan. Several Australian superannuation and pension funds, including The Future Fund, AustralianSuper and QSuper, were included in the ranks of the world's largest pension funds released ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management restructures for efficiency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... 130 employees across Europe, the UK and Hong Kong, and caters to both retail and institutional clients including pension funds and insurance companies. Of the new investment group, BNPP AM said: "MAQS is highly innovative and is characterised by cutting-edge ...

Super funds driving PE growth: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... whopping 63% from 17% when compared to the prior corresponding period, the report said. Super funds - together with pension funds and fund-of-funds - drove private equity fundraising, comprising 58% of the total capital raised of $2.03 billion. Over ...

Westpac sells $12bn asset manager

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... space but it is not going to grow organically. It's inviting for Charter Hall because the people they deal with at pension funds are usually responsible for both infrastructure and property. He said even if they had purchased Hastings, property would ...

Factor-based investment demand strengthens: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... sophisticated early adopters, but the global market is at the tipping point of mass adoption, he added. More than 100 global pension funds, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, financial advisers, asset consultants and banks with US$7 trillion in AUM took ...

Whitehelm acquires Netherlands asset for pension funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... manager Whitehelm Capital recently acquired a petroleum tank storage terminal in the Netherlands on behalf of several pension funds. Whitehelm agreed to acquire 90% of the shares in Vopak Terminal Eemshaven - a joint venture between Vopak, an independent ...