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S&P launches long-term sustainability index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched the S&P Long-Term Value Creation (LTVC) Global Index, aimed at tracking companies with the potential to create "long-term value". Developed jointly with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the LTVC index measures ...

Challenger reports early amid share price falls

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
Challenger expects to report first half normalised profit after tax of around $185 million when it releases its results on 16 February. The company said in an announcement to the ASX that the unaudited financial report is still being finalised, but ...

AustralianSuper makes major play for King's Cross

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
AustralianSuper has placed a vote of confidence in the UK's King's Cross development, increasing its stake from 25% to 67.5% in less than 12 months. The UK government announced on Friday it had sold its 36.5% portion of the project to Australia's largest ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
When the going gets tough...... the tough promises to get going. For a change, a number of equity markets around the globe finished flashing green numbers last week. The All Ordinaries index, for one, closed 0.4% in the plus - pitiful you might say ...

Lifecycle funds startlingly varied

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
New research into lifecycle superannuation funds shows little consistency between approaches and vast gulfs in exposure to equity risk across similar age cohorts. Industry researcher Rainmaker has turned its eye to the product segment as the depth of ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
Woe is us! Just as the European Central Bank (ECB) appears to be winning its fight against inflation, justifying its less-than-expected "go slow" on stimulus policy announcement last 3 December, crude oil comes along. Though minimal, latest Eurozone ...

United approach to super fund disclosure: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) is calling for financial services regulators and administrators to coordinate their data on superannuation fund investments as a way of streamlining overlaps in reporting and disclosure ...

Equip to pay super contributions during parental leave

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
Equipsuper is prepared to walk the talk when it comes to helping close Australia's gender savings gap, announcing it will pay superannuation guarantee contributions in to its employees' super accounts during paid and unpaid parental leave. The decision ...

Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
Large institutions are reshaping the way they manage their assets, preferring fewer, but deeper external manager relationships and focussing more on the long-term, according to a BNP Paribas Securities Services report. The report said there was a move ...

Fed's plan slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
By itself the latest update on US inflation shouldn't impede the Fed's path towards policy normalisation. The December numbers are neither here nor there - i.e., it justifies whatever the market's pre-conceived view - four 25 bps hike this year as indicated ...