February 16, 2013

How Citi set itself to expand in superannuation

After focusing for many years on core custody for its Australian business, Citi has had some recent new business successes since branching out into a full service securities services provider. The foundations for Citi’s evolutionary spurt in Australia were laid

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How Citi set itself to expand in superannuation

After focusing for many years on core custody for its Australian business, Citi has had some recent new business successes since branching out into a full service securities services provider. The foundations for Citi’s evolutionary spurt in Australia were laid

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Different strokes for different pension funds

Two of the world’s largest asset consulting firms, Mercer and Towers Watson, last week published figures showing the continued trend for institutional asset management to be outsourced into multi-manager platforms, on the one hand, and increased diversification through direct investments

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Different strokes for different pension funds

Two of the world’s largest asset consulting firms, Mercer and Towers Watson, last week published figures showing the continued trend for institutional asset management to be outsourced into multi-manager platforms, on the one hand, and increased diversification through direct investments

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Lifetime annuities: catastrophes waiting to happen

New research has cast doubt over the sustainability of the lifetime annuity business through the study of the holistic risk of issuing lifetime annuities from the insurer’s perspective. The researchers recommend the establishment of national catastrophe schemes in the markets

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Lifetime annuities: catastrophes waiting to happen

New research has cast doubt over the sustainability of the lifetime annuity business through the study of the holistic risk of issuing lifetime annuities from the insurer’s perspective. The researchers recommend the establishment of national catastrophe schemes in the markets

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Northern picks up Magellan for new UCITS fund and more

Northern Trust has been appointed as the global custodian to the internationally invested funds of Magellan Asset Management, which plans to launch a UCITS fund in Ireland within the next few weeks. The new Northern assets total about $US2.5 billion

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