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Healthcare needs flagged as investment opportunity

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
If not clued in already, superannuation funds have been given another hint that addressing Australia's growing aged care and healthcare industries will become a priority. Australian Industry Group chief economist Julie Toth said healthcare was the sleeping ...

Former QIC multi-asset head departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... "which has benefited from Jim's previous experience at QIC and corporate knowledge." QIC currently has about $78.8 billion in funds under management, offering infrastructure, real estate, private equity, liquid strategies and multi-asset investment services ...

Core holdings will be lacklustre in 2016: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... returns but understanding risk in more detail." He pointed to the recent below trend performance of balanced superannuation funds as a signal of what is to come in 2016. In developed markets Anderson expects overall equity returns to be mid-single digit ...

SG Hiscock takes distribution reins from EQT

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
SG Hiscock has announced EQT will no longer manage retail distribution for its funds following a strategic review. SG Hiscock will take portfolio management responsibility for their own products and will also manage distribution for LaSalle funds; EQT ...

HLB Mann Judd launches estate planning

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
Superannuation funds have been ramping financial advice services but they are not likely to enter the underdeveloped estate planning market in the near future. This is the view of advisory firm HLB Mann Judd Sydney which recently began its own estate ...

Financial Synergy makes big play in big data

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... Stephen Mackley told a media briefing in Sydney yesterday that embedding OpenText's big data analytics will allow super funds of all sizes to discover the "hidden value of their data." "They [funds] will have far greater capacity to retain existing customers ...

SMSFs to remain popular despite political uncertainty

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Advisory firm HLB Mann Judd Sydney believes the popularity of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) will continue to increase regardless of federal government changes to the retirement income system. HLB Mann Judd wealth management partner Jonathan ...

ANZ reduces 146 Oasis staff in Macquarie partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... platform, administered and engineered by Macquarie, which will serve Oasis's 50,000 clients representing $6.9 billion in funds under management. "Detailed plans are being developed to support staff during the transition, which ensures they have time ...

QIC purchases New York shopping centre

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... investment manager to offload its cash by investing in the state's infrastructure. QIC currently has about $78.8 billion in funds under management and about 90 global clients including governments, pension plans, sovereign wealth funds and insurers.

Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... exposure to real estate and other real assets. The survey found that despite muted returns in 2015, allocations to hedge funds will remain steady globally. About 20% of institutions intend to slightly increase hedge fund allocations, while 16% expect ...