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HESTA makes first impact investment in affordable housing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... measurable social impact. Managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA), the Trust is one of Australia's largest impact investment funds and represents the biggest single commitment by an Australian superannuation fund to the local impact investing market. ...

Prime Super awards multi-asset mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... their future retirement goals." PineBridge Australia managing director Clint Grobler added: "We are seeing superannuation funds and institutional investors seeking out alternative growth drivers in their portfolios. As such, Australian investors are ...

EQT creates new division, appoints head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... capacity - and expertise in the provision of specialist superannuation trustee and support capabilities to superannuation funds," said EQT executive general manager, trustee and wealth services Geoffory Rimmer. Commenting on Blair's appointment, he added ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... it would be expanding the range of assets it will buy. The Japanese central bank said that it would buy exchange traded funds (ETF) at an annual pace of Â¥300 billion - in addition to the current Â¥3 trillion ETF purchase program - starting April ...

Wingate appoints senior investment analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... has a new senior investment analyst. Covering equities research and risk analysis, Thomas Hodson joins Wingate from UCA Funds Management, where he was also a senior investment analyst. Prior to that, he held roles at Barclays, Austock, AB and Goldman ...

Fidante makes key sales appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... to Fidante general manager Cathy Hales. Previously he held roles at Invesco Perpetual, Colonial First State and Woodford Funds. Fidante has also appointed two business development managers for New South Wales, Steve Higgins and Brent Andal, both of whom ...

Frontier Advisors appoints infra specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... sector. Joining Frontier from March is infrastructure specialist Peter Siapikoudis. He is a former chief executive at Hastings Funds Management, where he was also portfolio manager of The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) and Hastings Hancock International Timberland ...

Former Mercer consultant launches research platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
A former Mercer and van Eyk senior consultant has launched DiligenceVault, a new managed funds research platform in Australia. Hansi Mehrotra worked as a research consultant at van Eyk and later Mercer for more than 15 years before moving to India to ...

Adviser standards need a tidy

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) believes it is not clear how proposed education and training requirements for financial advisers would apply to robo-advice. ASFA says if financial advice was to be provided online (robo-advice) ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... disharmony in the workplace." The Financial Services Council (FSC), which mainly represents Australia's retail and wholesale funds management businesses, superannuation funds, life insurers, and financial advisory networks, supports more super fund choice. ...