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Industry innovation is not coming from within: Sharp

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... rollercoaster of ongoing regulatory change," he said. "I also implore the policy makers to cast their gaze at longer horizons, avoiding the short-term fix mentality that has largely characterised the oversight of the financial services industry." Sharp ...

MTAA Super bolsters investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... to executive manager investments, Philip Brown. She said the $9.2 billion fund was always reassessing its investment horizons. "We're not looking to bring our investment management in house at this stage but we do always look at things that are outsourced ...

ANZ ETFS readies Eurozone ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... this product will prove popular with both retail and institutional investors looking to expand their overseas investment horizons beyond the US and China." Stoxx chief executive Matteo Andreetto said: "The Euro Stoxx 50 Index offers access to the performance ...

TCorp creates bespoke fund for NSW govt

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... infrastructure. The fund will separately invest the proceeds of its future asset sales and leases to match investment horizons with future spending commitments. The Budget said the fund's investment strategy involves "a diverse range of cash and growth ...

NAB appoints ex-Genesys MD

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... Steele joins NAB from AMP-aligned practices Genesys and ipac, where he was managing director. He was a director of AMP's Horizons academy and created Horizons Financial Group. Prior to that, he was vice president, sales and marketing at Tax & Financial ...

Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... divestment movement is growing at an unprecedented rate. "A distinct pattern is emerging of investment managers with long-term horizons or fiduciary duties considering the effects of climate change on their members. For example, global insurer AXA plans ...

Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... reviews. For example, one of the five buffer funds in the Swedish pension system said it had extended its alternative asset horizons from five to 10 years, reducing reliance on monthly and quarterly reporting in illiquid asset classes. As asset owners ...

AB wins industry fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... reduce the impact of unintended common exposures and asset crowding, and to improve the balance of pay-offs across time-horizons by diversifying risk in a capital-efficient way.

Super fund appetite for property funding up

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... returns in other yield generating assets have been suppressed by quantitative easing, Super funds have broadened their horizons in the search for returns. At the same time, Schwartz said new investors are stepping in to plug a gap left by tighter restrictions ...

Responsible investment is not just divestment

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... internal conflict in investment management, where short-term returns often clash with the goals of long-term investment horizons, citing Volkswagen as a case in point. "Do you think those Volkswagen engineers were acting in the best long-term interests ...