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Sunsuper divests tobacco holdings

Sunsuper has made the decision to follow the likes of the Future Fund and First State Super and divest its holdings in any company producing tobacco products. Tony Lally, chief executive of the $22 billion fund, said the decision to cut their investment was made for a number of reasons and no one reason was…

Investor Strategy News | 24th Mar 2013 | More
How Nikko and Tyndall are leveraging off each other’s capabilities

Having just completed a roadshow marketing its World Bank green bond fund in Australia, and a series of general institutional presentations on the firm’s integration with parent Nikko Asset Management, Tyndall Investment Management is now embarking on a marketing campaign for its Australian investment strategies. The $A23 billion firm, acquired by Nikko in late 2010,…

Investor Strategy News | 24th Mar 2013 | More
New life for Mulligan after All Star

Former head of All Star Funds, Kate Mulligan, has set up a management consulting firm specializing in funds management – King Irving Consulting Group. Mulligan, who practiced law with Allens and Freehills before getting into the funds management industry with Tyndall Investment Management in 1995, said King Irving (named after her grandfather) would provide both…

Investor Strategy News | 24th Mar 2013 | More
The future role of AIST – SuperStream and more

The new chief executive officer of AIST, Tom Garcia, is working with all related parties to ensure the right SuperStream frameworks are in place by July 1, 2013, when all super funds need to be compliant (with employers to follow July 1, 2014). “There is a lot of work being done around understanding SuperStream and…

Investor Strategy News | 24th Mar 2013 | More
DFA’s new model for member-directed options

Dimensional Fund Advisors is speaking with a number of super funds about its Managed DC platform that will allow funds to create investment options for individual members rather than maintain the current one-size-fits all. The Managed DC option was designed by Nobel Prize-winning academic Robert Merton – resident scientist at Dimensional and professor of finance…

Investor Strategy News | 24th Mar 2013 | More
  • Geldof, the investor, spruiks Africa over China

    Bob Geldof, in Australia to spruik his upcoming Boomtown Rats concert but also his private equity fund in Africa – 8 Miles – called on major super funds to choose Africa as their next alternative investment option rather than China. In response to queries about Africa’s transparency Geldof cited the following numbers regarding corruption. “You…

    Investor Strategy News | 24th Mar 2013 | More
    Henderson has re-entered the building

    In the competitive world of global equities strategies it is increasingly difficult to stand out from the crowd. In Europe and Asia Pacific, for instance, Mercer Investment Consulting lists nearly 200 global equities managers offering their services to institutional clients. So, when there’s a new(ish) entrant to the market, there is reason for a raft…

    Investor Strategy News | 17th Mar 2013 | More
    Northern’s history in the region a case study in the evolution of custody

    To understand the future is to understand the past. At the pointy end of the investment process, the story of the evolution of asset servicing can provide an important guide to the future, especially in the rapidly developing Asia Pacific region. In this regard, Northern Trust is a valuable case study. When Steven Fradkin joined…

    Investor Strategy News | 16th Mar 2013 | More
    Japan’s short-selling rules reform to improve liquidity

    Japan is proposing to remove some of the restrictions around short-selling in a move that should have a flow-on effect to the securities lending market and overall liquidity in the Japanese sharemarket. The main proposal is the removal of the ‘up-tick rule’, which prohibits short-selling at or below current prices – that is, the price…

    Investor Strategy News | 16th Mar 2013 | More
    The transparency debate: compulsory or voluntary?

    The big challenge for the superannuation industry as it greets the latest “mega trend” of transparency is whether to go down the voluntary or compulsory route, Benjie Fraser, a London-based managing director of JP Morgan, will tell the annual CMSF Conference this week. Fraser, a governance expert who has worked with and studied Europe’s largest…

    Investor Strategy News | 16th Mar 2013 | More
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