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Newpin SBB benefits from international legal expertise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Law firm Allen & Overy has announced that it has advised Social Ventures Australia on their $7 million Social Benefit Bond (SBB), issued earlier this year. The SBB is the first of its kind in Australia, and will fund the UnitingCare Burnside Newpin ...

Big banks move into SBB space

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Benevolent Society is teaming up with Westpac Institutional Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to issue Australia's second Social Benefit Bond (SBB) to fund the establishment of The Family Preservation Service. The service will focus on ...

SBBs to be part of NGS Super's new ethical option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Industry fund NGS Super is currently designing an ethical option that will include environmentally sound investments with other ethical investments such as social benefit bonds (SSBs). "We are taking our current green shares option, and folding that ...

Niche mergers have their benefits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
Niche industry super fund mergers may have gotten some bad publicity, but they needn't be all bad according to NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell-Ball. A recent survey by NGS Super found member satisfaction with the fund was at 84%, following ...

ESG Vet takes reins at Uniting Church fund manager

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
Hunter Hall's former head of responsible investment research Michael Walsh will start as boss of uniting Church investment wing UCA Funds Management from February 4 this year. The responsible investing veteran was drawn to the role by UCA Funds Management's ...

IQPC conference tackles operational risk

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
The IQPC Financial Services Operational Risk and Compliance conference in early December is designed to help advisers assess risk, get the most from their budget and develop strategies to overcome the challenges posed by regulatory change. Recent scandals ...

CUA launches low cost super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Credit Union Australia (CUA) has finally entered the superannuation fray and launched two low cost products in partnership with MAP Funds Management. CUA is Australia's largest mutual bank with $9bn in assets under management, almost one-fifth of the ...

Family office tech suitability highlighted

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Family offices need to understand market obligations and construct their technology systems and strategy accordingly. SA(C)amus A" Concheanainn, managing director of Foxrock Consulting said given their niche client set, family offices often don't realise ...

NGS Super moves into Qld, WA

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
NGS Super will increase its presence in Queensland and Western Australia, with two new business development managers hired to help drive the expansion. The fund is positioning itself to grow so it can achieve the size and economy of scale necessary ...

Volatility hits managed funds despite March boost

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
Retail managed funds grew by $22.4bn during the first quarter taking the total to $510.5bn for the year to March, down 1.8% on the corresponding 2011 figure. The 4.6% growth in funds during the quarter however will since have been undone, according ...