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Morningstar launches stewardship ratings in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... methodology focuses on a company's capital allocation decisions and specific factors such as financial leverage, investment strategy, investment timing and valuation, dividend and share buyback policies, execution, compensation, related party transactions ...

Capacity issues drive super funds in-house

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... internal teams and increasingly have investment specialists, they still seem to value the independent input into investment strategy [provided by asset consultants]. Certainly what we do is changing. It's about trying to keep up and keep ahead."

AusSuper grants London property mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... AustralianSuper has appointed TIAA Henderson Real Estate (TH Real Estate) to manage its London office property investment strategy. TH Real Estate, which is 60% owned by TIAA-CREF and 40% by Henderson Global Investors, already manages AustralianSuper's ...

AMP reduces North Guarantee fees

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... superannuation fees than most of their international counterparts. On a 10 year balanced protected growth investment strategy, fees have dropped from 1.50% to 1.30%. On a balanced single retirement strategy, fees have fallen from 2.30% to 1.60%. Fees ...

Towers Watson wins Kinetic Super contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... review process". Paul Kessell, chief investment officer of the $2.5 billion super fund, said Kinetic Super's investment strategy focuses on "delivering the investment objective with a primarily "MySuper" pool of members' assets." He continued: "We are ...

Safer sex? Women take less risk than men

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
Overlooking the preferences of the more cautious partner when devising an investment strategy for couples could see planners get a rap from the regulator, risk specialist FinaMetrica has warned. Risk profile data compiled by the financial services firm ...

QIC hires exec from Guardians of NZ Super Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Zealand. Williams joined the Guardians in 2008 and had an integral role in the team that developed the Fund's investment strategy, in particular the development of its reference portfolio and strategy. "It speaks loudly of Neil's expertise and contribution ...

JANA awards $385m mandate to Californian manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... asset consultant in Australia in terms of assets under advice, has included our value-oriented global equity investment strategy into its Implemented Consulting platform which is available to its clients," Causeway chief executive, portfolio manager ...

Winton appoints Platinum exec to head Sydney office

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... stage of the recruitment process for finding his replacement. Winton uses a highly scientific quantitative investment strategy founded on the principle that markets are inefficient and price movements do not follow unpredictable random walks. Its flagship ...

ASIC should regulate SMSFs as a financial product: PwC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... financial advice." The regulator should also monitor and test SMSF trustees' requirement to have a documented investment strategy that specifies "how the fund will meet its long term investment objectives including asset allocation, diversification ...