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PIMCO appoints world leaders to advisory board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
PIMCO has appointed five world leaders to a newly-created Global Advisory Board that will contribute to the firm on global economic, political and strategic developments. The board will be chaired by former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. The ...

Most global equities managers outperformed in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
A majority of actively managed global equity funds outperformed the MSCI World Index for the year ending 30 September 2015, Zenith Investment Partners research shows. A total of 55% of funds on Zenith's Approved List outperformed the benchmark, which ...

PM Capital fund receives Zenith rating

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
PM Capital Asian Companies Fund has received its first 'Recommended' rating from research house Zenith Investment Partners. The fund is already available on the Macquarie and Colonial First wraps and has a concentrated portfolio of between 15 to 35 ...

Listed companies improve ESG approach

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) found that 79% of listed Australian companies surveyed this year had improved their environment, social and governance (ESG) approach. In 2014, ACSI had chosen 28 companies as engagement priorities ...

AB wins industry fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
An industry superannuation fund has appointed AllianceBernstein (AB) to manage an equity risk-management overlay strategy. AustSafe Super aims to increase risk-adjusted returns for its members by allocating a proportion of its international equities ...

Telstra Super appoints GM from UniSuper

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
Telstra Super has appointed a new general manager, operations. Kathryn Forrest will join Telstra Super in January 2016. She was previously national manager, employer relationships at UniSuper. "We are delighted that Kathryn will be joining us. She brings ...

Oil slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
No more quotas. No more targets. No more ceilings. This was OPEC's (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) decision at their meeting in Vienna last Friday - the decision that sent oil prices down to 6-year lows. WTI oil dropped by 5.8% to US$37.65 ...

Super fund appetite for property funding up

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
Australian superannuation funds are stepping in to fill a funding gap for property development left by the big four banks' increased capital requirements, according to a specialist capital provider. Real estate investment management firm Qualitas, which ...

FIIG launches adviser services

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
FIIG Securities has launched a new division catering to the business needs of financial advisers. FIIG Adviser Services will provide products, education and adviser-specific technology to assist with the implementation and ongoing management of fixed ...

US Fed cleared for lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
So here we are. After month after month after month of speculating the 'when' of lift-off, it's finally coming. As fate or coincidence would have it, 16 December marks the beginning and now the coming end of the US Federal Reserve's near zero interest ...