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Sustainable office trust attracts major new investor

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
Uniting Financial Services (UFS) has joined the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to drive Australia's commercial property sector towards a higher-performance future. UFS, the Treasury and Investment Services arm of the Uniting Church in Australia ...

Retirement system needs work: Actuaries

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
Australia's retirement system is not sustainable for people living longer than the average life expectancy if drawdown trends continue, according to the Actuaries Institute. The Institute says the number of super members to completely exhaust their ...

Unlicensed product adviser receives four year ban

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
ASIC has banned a New South Wales man from providing financial services for four years after it was found he had unlawfully carried on an unlicensed financial services business. Ronald Cross, chief executive and director of Park Trent Properties Group ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
Australia's record beef exports Australia exported a record 267,578 tonnes of grainfed beef in 2015-16, up 15% year-on-year. This is 4,618 tonnes higher than the previous record in 2006-07, according to the Meat and Livestock Association. The MLA said ...

Proxy results spell doom for AMP Capital China fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
The proxies received prior to Friday's extraordinary general meeting for the future of the AMP Capital China Growth Fund suggest a likely wind-up. The deadline for the proxy results was 10am on July 26; based on the proxies received, AMP Capital said ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Brexit concerns push hedge funds to A$4tr Global hedge fund capital increased to A$4 trillion in the second quarter of this year, according to Hedge Funds Research. The surge, sparked by Brexit concerns, was the third highest hedge fund FUM tally on ...

NAS wins custody mandate from absolute return manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
NAB Asset Servicing will provide custodial and back office services for an Australian absolute return investment manager. Optimal Fund Management selected NAS because, in principal George Colman's words, "We were impressed with NAB Asset Servicing's ...

Absolute returns no longer the domain of instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
A wider range of self-directed and self-managed superannuation fund investors are recognising the benefits and role of absolute return strategies in a balanced portfolio. This is the thought of Henderson Global Investors' head of alternative Australian ...

Court dismisses AMP appeal for China fund EGM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
The Court of Appeal has dismissed AMP Life's appeal in relation to its voting rights at the AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF) extraordinary general meeting this Thursday. The Supreme Court had previously decided that AMP Life, which holds roughly ...

Hedge funds battle identity crisis

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
You could be forgiven for thinking hedge funds are facing a global identity crisis upon reading some of the latest research distributed across the institutional investment industry, but there are plenty of Australian managers and representatives willing ...