The world piled on a further US$24 trillion (A$30.1 trillion) in 2020 increasing the total debt mountain to a new peak of US$281 trillion (A$361 trillion), according to the Institute of International Finance (IIF) analysis of 61 countries. As governments
The world’s major pension systems enjoyed their strongest year, last year, for growth compared to GDP, since 1998. The bad news, of course, is that the average 11.2 per cent rise for many countries this helped by stalling or falling
Index providers should face the same regulatory hurdles as investment managers, a new US legal paper argues. In the US, plain-vanilla indexers are regarded as information ‘publishers’. The University of Virginia School of Law (UVS) report says most index providers
J.P. Morgan has increased its lead on the other major third-party asset servicing firms in Australia, with an 18.7 per cent jump in assets under custody to $973.2 billion in the six months to December last. The latest figures from
Bryan Gray, a genuine stalwart of, and major contributor to, the strong position of Australia and New Zealand’s asset servicing sector, has retired. He spent 12 years at State Street followed by nearly 20 years at J.P. Morgan. Gray is
One in five Australian institutional investors has terminated a fund manager where ESG factors have been a “primary or major factor” in the decision, according to a survey by bfinance, the global research and institutional advisory business. A further 41
David Knox, Mercer senior partner, actuary and founder of the global pensions systems index, threw down a challenge to the Retirement Income Review to look at a ‘universal pension’ for all Australians. He is now talking to the industry. Knox,
The world piled on a further US$24 trillion (A$30.1 trillion) in 2020 increasing the total debt mountain to
The world’s major pension systems enjoyed their strongest year, last year, for growth compared to GDP, since 1998.
Index providers should face the same regulatory hurdles as investment managers, a new US legal paper argues. In
J.P. Morgan has increased its lead on the other major third-party asset servicing firms in Australia, with an
Bryan Gray, a genuine stalwart of, and major contributor to, the strong position of Australia and New Zealand’s
One in five Australian institutional investors has terminated a fund manager where ESG factors have been a “primary
David Knox, Mercer senior partner, actuary and founder of the global pensions systems index, threw down a challenge
