June 7, 2015

Robert Morgan Northern Trust Asset Management has hived off its alternatives division into a new company, 50 South Capital, which will give the alternatives managers more autonomy within the group while protecting the parent bank from direct investments in some

Stephen Rowbottom AUSCOAL Super, which from next month will be known by the thoroughly modern name of ‘Mine Wealth + Wellbeing’, has reappointed JP Morgan after a custody services review, following news that VicSuper has also reappointed its custodian, NAB

Carl Blanchard The NZ$33 billion (A$30.3 billion) Accident Compensation Commission (ACC) investment fund is preparing to scale up its exposure to unlisted assets after hiring investment banker Carl Blanchard in a newly created role. Blanchard, who resigned from an investment

Daniel Ivascyn After its annual ‘Secular Forum’, which this year boasted speakers such as Ben Bernanke, Rob Arnott, Dr Anat Admati and Jean-Claude Trichet, as well as the PIMCO investment team leaders, the manager produced a cautiously optimistic report and

Peter Gunning The annual Russell Investments/ASX long-term performance study of the nine major asset classes has led the advisory firm and multi-manager to question traditional investor allocations to domestic shares and residential property. With the possibility of a housing bubble

Michael Baldwin After 18 months as assistant director of the National Gallery in Canberra, Michael Baldwin has returned to the super fund industry in a new position at First State Super, following closely on two other senior changes at the

Xavier Dumon An interesting case study for both Australian fintech and traditional financial services firms alike is the experience over the last couple of years of Hello bank!, an associate company of BNP Paribas, which has taken Europe’s Generation Z’s

by Sandy Rattray* It was US presidential advisor Bert Lance who popularised the phrase “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” while serving under Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s. He went on to say: “That’s the trouble with government:

Pam McAlister Mercer has produced a detailed report on super fund governance, including board structures, in the context of worldwide practices. It supports improved competencies and independence levels among trustees, but has stopped short of recommending mandated changes. The report –

Alexandra McGuigan Tribeca Investment Partners, an affiliated manager of Grant Samuel Funds Management, has appointed a new head of business development, after splitting the role for the past two years between the portfolio managers and the Grant Samuel marketers. Alexandra