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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... FOMC participants' assessments of appropriate monetary policy: Midpoint of target range or target level for the federal funds rate" in the Fed's June "Projection Materials" shows that six FOMC members now expect just a single rate hike this year compared ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... other large asset managers because of Vanguard's unique ownership structure. That means that the company is owned by the funds it runs, which are in turn owned by the customers. Similar to a credit union, the leadership team is able to redirect net profits ...

QSuper calms super raid fears

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... Queensland is the only state that has set aside Defined Benefit reserves in this manner. The reserve fund currently has more funds than is needed to meet its liabilities. "While [QSuper] is the fund for the Queensland public sector and spouses, it is ...

Milliman awarded industry fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... aggressive 70:30 growth-defensive split. The overlay employs derivatives in a systematic fashion to manage risk, allowing funds to continue managing the bulk of their assets unhindered. The strategy has been employed across more than US$70 billion in ...

Stammer steps down from QV Equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... his retirement in 2011. He also served in senior roles with Perpetual in the 1980s, helping to launch the group's retail funds, including the still popular Industrial Share Fund with Anton Tagliaferro. Simon Conn, who is a co-portfolio manager of QVE ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Australian institutional investors have not achieved optimal exposure to emerging market debt over the past decade because they have depended on broad global bond strategies which have tended to avoid economies which are unduly perceived as very risky. ...

Group insurance gets a makeover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
Unprecedented pricing pressure and regulatory forces have led superannuation funds to overhaul group life insurance offerings to better balance competitive premiums with valuable benefits. The overhauls predominantly come on the back of two factors ...

Altius adds industry veteran to advisory committee

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... Investment Management in Sydney, will take up the role. Gordon has more than 30 years' experience in the financial services and funds management industr, in Australia, the UK and Hong Kong. He also chairs the group investment committee of FWD Group and ...

OneVue announces $177m merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... or 1.073 OneVue shares for each Diversa share plus cash of $0.10 per Diversa share. The merged entity will have combined funds under trusteeship, management and administration of roughly $10.8 billion, across over 75 clients. Commenting on the proposal ...

Decimal appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... solutions, while our pipeline of contractual opportunities with major Australian and international banks, superannuation funds and other financial institutions continues to strengthen."