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Indian LIC launches IPO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
Australia's first listed investment company with a sole and direct focus on India plans to raise up to $50 million during its IPO. The India Fund, to be managed by Kotak Mahindra, will have a brief to invest in listed Indian companies with strong business ...

Super gets reality check on engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Choice chief executive Alan Kirkland told superannuation funds a few home truths this week, relaying several member perceptions about the industry ahead of research to be released by the consumer advocacy group. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation ...

DomaCom partners to keep cattle empire in Australian hands

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... demonstrated from the beginning is that there is genuine public interest in keeping Kidman in Australian hands, and that 'mum and dad' investors want to have a stake in this country's agricultural heritage." Lloyds Victoria director Chris Butchers added ...

Retired mothers need financial help

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... parents. The survey found more than one in three Australians supporting their mothers in retirement believe this is because their mum put the family's financial needs ahead of her own. It backs REST's 2015 Super Mum index, which showed that putting family ...

Government help needed to remove innovation obstacles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
The Government should step in to boost investment in technology and innovation in the financial services sector by offering incentives and removing the biggest barriers, a panel of high profile professional investors has said. In a plenary session at ...

Impact investor calls on super fund VC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
Impact investor Trimantium Capital expects to deploy about $700 million in venture capital by the end of 2016, working with several Australian superannuation funds in the process. Trimantium Capital managing director Phillip Kingston and US-based co-chairman ...

Share market risk returns are a lucky dip: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... this vast range of outcomes over one or two years. But when we push the data out to 20 years, imagine some of the real-world mum and dad outcomes. This paper is trying to understand a different kind of frame for the equity risk premium," Drew said. Drew ...

Industry fund encourages members to claim insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... eight year old named Pete talks about how his father, David, fell off a ladder and was not able to work for a long time. "Mum just started crying, she was so worried about dad," Pete says, and continues: "Dad wasn't crying. He told mum everything was ...

Forget LICs, the key to retail is in active ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Active managers targeting mum and dad investors have rushed to launch their funds as listed investment companies (LICs) on the ASX, but a growing number of professional investors think the key to retail is elsewhere. Lazard Asset Management managing ...

Super mums must focus on retirement savings

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... fund REST has entered the discussion about women being more knowledgeable in managing their finances by commissioning a Super Mum Index. The Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (REST) has a large portion of female members and its latest research suggests ...