The super funds industry should introduce voluntary financial health checks to diagnose vulnerabilities and pinpoint risks, said Darren Wickham, principal in Mercer’s retirement, risk and finance business.
Eze OMS to warehouse fundie data
Tom Gavin
Where property stands alone, Keighran follows
Retrenched from Bernstein Value Equities after a consolidation of listed property oversight into the shares team, portfolio manager Stuart Keighran has benefited from the opposite happening at MLC.
LGS gets greener
The $6 billion Local Government Super (LGS) has hired the former regional boss of sustainability researcher Innovest to assess and communicate environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks – and also to engage investee companies.
Non-agency mortgages go north for Trust Company of the West
Non-agency US mortgage securities might scream ‘risk’ to some, but for TCW Asset Management, they are the most compelling opportunity in the bond universe today.
Alternatives up, cash down at Future Fund
The weighting to alternatives are up and cash is way down in the portfolio update published yesterday by the Future Fund.
BTIM goes global for new macro hire
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has recruited from a US hedge fund as it builds an equity long/short model in its global macro program.
Sunsuper gets set in infrastructure debt
The $16 billion Sunsuper is making good on its preference for infrastructure debt over equity, awarding $100 million to a Melbourne-based boutique specialist in the asset class, and meanwhile will add an actuary to its ranks who will be responsible for strategy and risk management.
MLC to accommodate Gosling as CIO hired from London
Nicky Richards
ARIA out to tender as BNP Paribas SS enjoys winning streak
The master custody contract for the giant ARIA public sector scheme has gone out to tender, at a time when BNP Paribas Securities Services has won a new funds manager client and perhaps two fiduciary funds on the trot.
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AIA – It’s All About Claims roundtableThe processing of an insurance claim is one of the most intimate exchanges that a super fund can have with a member. It’s important that a fund gets it right. This roundtable will discuss ideas for personalizing and streamlining the claims process, to make it as pain-free for a … Read more
