The $1 billion CONNECT Super has appointed a major consultant to help it assess new group insurance products available to superannuation funds.
Russell NZ tipped to recruit AMP refugee
It is understood Russell New Zealand has been negotiating with AMP Capital’s former head of institutional sales, Andrew Johnson, to take up a senior consultancy role.
New performance data company to set up in Australia
An internationally influential investment performance reporting company – eVestment Alliance – is to set up an Australian office from November, challenging the dominant position of Mercer Investment Consulting for the provision of analytics and information to the industry.
The Queensland Investment Corporation is seeking a head of funds management, who will nurture the 10 or so internal boutiques being created under the post-QSuper transformation agenda known as ‘Project Galaxy’. Underlying themes mesh with global recovery
The turnaround in both the market and consumer sentiment over the past three months has been nothing short of remarkable. Talk has gone from the new Great Depression to the Great Recession to the Great Recovery. Most institutional investors were slow to rebalance after last year’s falls and when the markets dived again in January/February it appeared that that was the right decision. Since then, however, the bounce is looking increasingly sustainable and funds are starting to invest their bulging cash balances.
Underlying themes mesh with global recovery
The turnaround in both the market and consumer sentiment over the past three months has been nothing short of remarkable. Talk has gone from the new Great Depression to the Great Recession to the Great Recovery. Most institutional investors were slow to rebalance after last year’s falls and when the markets dived again in January/February it appeared that that was the right decision. Since then, however, the bounce is looking increasingly sustainable and funds are starting to invest their bulging cash balances. Underlying themes mesh with global recovery
Greg Bright
Underlying themes mesh with global recovery
Greg Bright
Behind the fuzziness, there’s money in UN PRI
Michael Bailey
Behind the fuzziness, there’s money in UN PRI
Michael Bailey
FEAL turns 10
From CEO’s Union to Industry Pillar
The role of what used to be known as the fund secretary has grown enormously in the past 10 years.
Helping that growth, through the professional development of the chief and other fund executives, has been the Fund Executives Association Ltd, which marks its 10th anniversary year this month with its annual national conference and members’ dinner in Melbourne.
GREG BRIGHT, a former FEAL interim board member prior to its formalisation in 1999, traces the association’s history and looks at its likely future.
