(pictured: Michael Dwyer) by Greg Bright The purchase of StatePlus, the financial planning and wealth management business formerly owned by NSW State Super (STC), is transforming the $60 billion First State Super into a unique fund under a project known internally
(pictured: Kumar Palghat) Kumar Palghat, the co-founder and head portfolio manager of Australian-based bond manager Kapstream, will become the head of global fixed income at the merged US$320 billion Janus Henderson Global Investors. Theoretically, at least, he will be Bill
(pictured: Graham Hand) Graham Hand, the publisher of the influential Cuffelinks investment newsletter, made a compelling case at the annual Paul Woolley Centre conference in Sydney last week that, contrary to what many people have predicted, the funds management industry is
(pictured: Laurence Wormald) Special report: The evolution of Australia’s superannuation industry has had many twists and turns. Many of them have been of a policy or regulatory nature, but some major trends have reflected demographic and market shifts. Take the insourcing
(pictured: Paul Woolley) Paul Woolley, the former GMO fund manager and founder of the Centre which bears his name, believes that market-cap benchmarks cause “chronic mispricing” and impair fund performance. Woolley told the annual conference at the University of Technology
New Zealand’s A$32 billion billion Accident Compensation Commission (ACC) fund is looking to bolster its global shares team with in-house management now accounting for about 20 per cent of the asset class. According to an ACC spokesperson, the fund plans
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZS) scaled back its holdings of New Zealand equities by almost NZ$500 million (A$480 million) over the 12 months to June 30 this year, the latest annual accounts show. According to the NZS annual report,
(pictured: Chris McGibbon) Institutional investors are boosting their allocations to property and other ‘real’ assets in the face of low and even negative yields, TH Real Estate told a media roundtable last Friday. The roundtable featured country heads from TH Real
(pictured: Michael Dwyer) by Greg Bright The purchase of StatePlus, the financial planning and wealth management business formerly owned
(pictured: Kumar Palghat) Kumar Palghat, the co-founder and head portfolio manager of Australian-based bond manager Kapstream, will become
(pictured: Graham Hand) Graham Hand, the publisher of the influential Cuffelinks investment newsletter, made a compelling case at the
(pictured: Laurence Wormald) Special report: The evolution of Australia’s superannuation industry has had many twists and turns. Many of
(pictured: Paul Woolley) Paul Woolley, the former GMO fund manager and founder of the Centre which bears his
New Zealand’s A$32 billion billion Accident Compensation Commission (ACC) fund is looking to bolster its global shares team
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZS) scaled back its holdings of New Zealand equities by almost NZ$500 million
(pictured: Chris McGibbon) Institutional investors are boosting their allocations to property and other ‘real’ assets in the face of
