Investment Magazine

Investment Operations

Retirement: a cause worth working on

There are two things that drive the newly appointed global chief operating officer of State Street Global Advisors, Greg Ehret, in his bid ... [more]

Cbus doubles investment team

Cbus has appointed Grant Harrison as investment manager of private markets in its move to boost inhouse investment resources. Kristian Fok, executive manager ... [more]

Inhouse target: zero to $40 billion in 4 years

If everything continues on schedule, the $60-billion AustralianSuper will begin testing its new internal investment-management systems this month, with a view to managing ... [more]

Consolidating reporting systems

Organisations using legacy platforms will struggle to meet market and regulatory requirements, and should consider an investment book of record, according to one ... [more]

Equipsuper to manage
futures in-house

Staff at the $4.6-billion Equipsuper could start making tactical investment bets through futures contracts by the end of the year. Equipsuper’s seven-person investment ... [more]

Transition managers seek dark pool trades

Michael Jackett-Simpson is watching for news that the stalemate between would-be merger partners, the $43 billion AustralianSuper and $4.6 billion AGEST Super, and ... [more]

ACSRF cuts custodian shortlist to four

The Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund (ACSRF) is weighing bids from four custodian banks seeking to manage its $4.5 billion investment operations contract. ... [more]

Due diligence of fund
managers overlooked

The responsibilities of superannuation trustees are many and varied. One of these responsibilities is being accountable for the robustness of the risk, compliance ... [more]