Netherlands-based funds manager, Robeco has been awarded a mandate from industry fund, HESTA.
The fund manager announced this week it had received a mandate from HESTA for its global conservative equities strategy.
Robeco Australia head, Stephen Dennis said the fund had been working closely with the HESTA investment team for a period of time and were delighted to be entrusted by such a prestigious client.
He said the Robeco strategy, using the company's proprietary quantitative method was a good fit for superannuation funds looking to capture global equity returns with less risk.
Michael Lovett, who left the investment firm just three months after launching its Vanguard Super offering, has taken up a chief executive role at an Australian asset manager.
The Central Bank of Ireland has granted the approval of Equity Trustees’ exit from its Irish operations, with the transaction expected to be complete on 30 April.
Super returns continued to climb in March, raising hopes of delivering double-digit returns by June depending on the performance of this next quarter.
The dedicated super fund for emergency services and Victorian government employees is under fire for unpaid entitlements to transport employees, which could exceed $40 million.
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