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Funds wrestling with liquidity problem

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
Future Fund managing director David Neal has expressed concern at the lack of safe, liquid investments available for institutional investors to deploy their vast amounts of cash. Asked at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Investment ...

Ex-Macquarie division head takes new role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... commented on Fereday's appointment, saying, "I am delighted Insurance House has been able to attract an executive of the profile and calibre of Jay Fereday. Insurance House has grown dramatically over the past eight years in particular and Jay's management ...

Electricity sale fit for fixed income portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
The long-term lease of New South Wales' electricity network offers opportunities for investors to access defensive, non-cyclical, monopoly style assets. This is the opinion of Aberdeen Asset Management after releasing research that analysed implications ...

Perennial fund rated by Lonsec, Zenith

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... equities." "Through the use of dynamic protection strategies, the strategy aims to construct an asymmetric risk/return profile that is designed to reduce losses in market downturns by approximately 50% whilst allowing for full participation in market ...

Maritime Super appoints independent director

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
Maritime Super has appointed a high profile independent director to its board. Lynelle Briggs is an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia and has held senior government and executive positions, including chief executive of Medicare ...

Global dividend growers suit retirement income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... Group's analysis shows dividend growers around the world outpace the broader market while generating a smoother return profile over the long-term. From the end of 1989 to the end of 2014, dividend growers delivered an annualised total return of 10.3% ...

Stockbrokers Association appoints chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... Stockbrokers Association chair Karl Morris added, "Andrew's experience and formidable contacts will continue to raise the profile of the Stockbrokers Association of Australia and deepen the profession's engagement with the wider community. "Stockbroking ...

PROFILE: NAB head of wealth Andrew Hagger

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
While the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, National Australia Bank (NAB) head of wealth Andrew Hagger preferred to take the long way. His journey from the quiet suburb of Adelaide Hills to Melbourne CBD stretched through over ...

How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Investors can get two-thirds of the excess return offered by private equity from targeted listed stocks, according to researchers from State Street and Windham Capital Management who say this nullifies the need to allocate to the asset class unless ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... top priority? As superannuation is the signature public policy tool for managing our nation's deteriorating demographic profile, it must be properly calibrated to meet its objectives. There is general policy consensus in Canberra that superannuation ...