BT Financial Group is adding a touch of glamour today to its launch of a new retail superannuation offering, through the services of actress Melissa George in a parade of ‘retro’ fashion, to boost the ...

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has added China to its Australian exchange traded funds line-up, called iShares, with the top 25 stocks in that market accessible for a 74bps fee. (more…) Chief ...

Industry fund NGS Super has awarded Australian equities start-up Integrity Investment Management an $85 million mandate, but will progressively decrease its number of local share managers following a ...

JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) in Australia has upgraded to the HiPortfolio 3 administration system, just as it has won its first private equity funds management client in Australia.

Business process outsourcing group MainstreamBPO has struck a $10 million acquisition financing deal with Investec, as it seeks to add SMSF, SMA and mortgage administration capabilities to its ...

JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS), a division of the JPMorgan Chase global financial services firm, announced yesterday the appointment of a new head of WSS, Australia and New Zealand. Last ...

State Street Investor Services claims to have improved its capability to perform derivative transactions, going live this month with new Swiftnet messages which can communicate in financial product ...

Responsibility for Perpetual Investments’ outsourced custody and fund accounting functions has shifted from the finance division to the chief operating officer, Eric Wang, who wants to bed down the ...

Super funds will be looking to reduce their home country bias further in the future and develop new strategies for illiquid investments, particularly overseas, the chief executive of REST, Damian Hill ...

Institutional funds management is a relationship business. It has to be. A business development manager can spend months and years in meetings and presentations laying the groundwork for a single ...

The return premium that institutional investors can expect due to the illiquidity of some alternatives, such as private equity, may be as low as 0.5 per cent according to new research. Australian ...

More super funds are adopting electronic payment systems as consumer control becomes a priority, a Fund Executives Association briefing has been told. (more…) Fidelity Australia’s national accounts ...