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Invesco launches new fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
Invesco Australia has launched a new capital defensive income fund to the wholesale market. The Invesco Wholesale Senior Secured Income Fund opened on 14 August. It invests in US and European senior secured loans with a focus on income and preservation ...

Challenger to raise $530m to fund further annuities growth

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
Challenger is looking to raise a total of $530 million to inject further growth in its booming annuities business. The figure will be raised from a combination of a $250 million institutional share placement, a $30 million retail share placement and ...

Mercer reveals confronting life expectancy research

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
New mortality rate research showing white collar workers can expect to live well beyond the average life expectancy highlights the challenge of achieving a comfortable retirement. Mercer's analysis into the mortality rates of public sector pensioners ...

Fund managers: Tide turning in emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
AllianceBernstein and Van Eck Global have joined a growing chorus of fund managers who say the worst is over in emerging markets and now is looking like a good entry point for long-term investors. According to Rainmaker data, the MSCI Emerging Markets ...

Legg Mason wins $125m Mercer mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Global asset manager Legg Mason has been awarded a $125 milllion Australian small companies mandate by Mercer's multi-manager business, Mercer Investments. The company joins Mercer's stable of small company managers after a long period of analysis and ...

QV Equities raises $180m

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Investors Mutual has raised more than $180m for its new listed investment company (LIC), QV Equities (QVE). The launch of the product last month targeted self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and high net worth investors looking for a diversified share portfolio ...

Giving through PAFs back to pre-crisis level

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
New donations into tax effective Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs), have risen 16% to $354 million in the year to 30 June, surpassing pre-crisis levels, according to the annual JBWere Giving Trends Report. The total number of PAFs is up 13.5% to 1,246 ...

Consumers have no loyalty to financial institutions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
The average Australian customer of each of the major banks deals with more than four institutions across their full range of financial services. This shows there is little loyalty towards any one institution, Roy Morgan has concluded. Of the ten major ...

Law firm rubbishes Grattan fee report

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has urged the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to throw out a controversial report that claims the superannuation system is too expensive. In a submission to the FSI, Herbert Smith Freehills criticises the FSI committee's ...

CIO to step aside as EQT shifts focus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
Equity Trustees chief investment officer George Boubouras is to leave the company following a review of its strategic approach and the priorities for its asset management function. Dr Paul Kasian, currently head of equities at Equity Trustees, will ...