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AB to acquire hedge fund manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
AllianceBernstein has entered into an agreement to acquire an alternatives investment manager. Ramius Alternative Solutions, which is jointly owned by Ramius LLC and principals Stuart Davies and Vikas Kapoor, manages over US$3 billion and operates multi- ...

New platform allows super funds to share data with partners

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... can see, without compromising the security or privacy of the data. Super funds and their partners will effectively have joint visibility of customer demographics, via an easy-to-use portal, enabling more informed decision-making on potential lead generation ...

Storm Financial investor slams court decision

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
The joint chair of the Storm Investors Consumer Action Group has criticised the Federal Court's recent ruling against Storm Financial. Seven years after going into administration, Storm Financial has been found by the court to have provided inappropriate ...

Super fund backs Sydney water

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... offering investors predictable, stable, long-term returns," Robbins said. Under the latest agreement the Prospect Water joint venture will continue to operate the plant 24-hours a day, seven days a week, filtering up to three billion litres of water ...

First State Super awards $1.6bn mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... selected risk premia in emerging market equities for the $71 billion, 759,000-member super fund. Neuberger Berman Australia joint managing director Lucas Rooney said this was because "First State Super liked our approach to factor-based equity investing ...

BTFG shutters alternatives fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... and all capital is returned to investors. BT Financial Group subsidiary Advance Asset Management was responsible for the joint management of the fund with Ramius. The fund of hedge funds, which aimed to generate net returns of cash plus 4-5% over a three ...

Industry fund inks MetLife mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... achieving peace of mind at an affordable price and without reducing disposable income," Lander said. CommInsure was plagued by a joint ABC and Fairfax Media investigation earlier this year and yesterday it reassured members it was taking measures to ...

Pension changes will impact retirement adequacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... number of couples able to achieve a comfortable retirement, according to new research from Willis Towers Watson (WTW). The joint research from WTW and The University of Melbourne explores how retirement income adequacy has progressed in Australia. It ...

SMSF trustees increasing use of planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
SMSF trustees are trending upwards in their use of financial planners for the first time since 2007 according to new research jointly released by Vanguard and Investment Trends. The firms' annual self-managed superannuation fund report, which collated ...

Legg Mason appoints head of Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... director for sales, marketing and client service at Martin Currie, a position he held for 11 years. Prior to that, he was joint managing director at Investec Fund Managers and also spent 12 years at Scottish Widows Fund Management. In his new role, Sowerby ...