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JANA awards $385m mandate to Californian manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
JANA Investment Advisers (JANA) has awarded a $385 million global equity mandate Los Angeles-based asset manager Causeway Capital Management. Specifically, the mandate was awarded to Causeway's developed markets large-cap strategy Global Value Equity. ...

Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Investment consultant Towers Watson has thrown its support behind smart beta approaches to investment, recommending institutional investors revisit their equity strategies to incorporate the lower cost products. In a new publication, Global equity investing ...

Winton appoints Platinum exec to head Sydney office

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
UK fund manager Winton Capital has recruited Andrew Grimes from Platinum Asset Management to head up its recently opened Sydney office. Grimes was an institutional investment specialist with the $23 billion global equities manager for more than 5 years. ...

Larry Fink pays tribute to Australian super system

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
BlackRock chairman and chief executive Larry Fink has endorsed Australia's superannuation system in a recent letter to shareholders. As the world's largest asset manager celebrates its 25th anniversary, Fink's note highlighted the unpreparedness of ...

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has given the strongest signal yet that cuts to the Age Pension will headline a raft of belt-tightening measures in the upcoming Budget. In a speech at Sydney's Doltone House yesterday, the Treasurer said that Australia's spending ...

TAL appoints chief risk officer

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014

PM Capital Emerging Asia added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
The PM Capital Emerging Asia Fund has been added to the Macquarie Wrap platform. PM Capital is a bottom-up stock-picker whose approach is based on fundamental analysis. The fund manager said that this philosophy is important to differentiate the strategy ...

TT International adds two to investment team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
Investment manager TT International has made two senior appointments to its investment team. Marco Li joins the firm as senior investment analyst and head of Australian Equities while Duncan Robertson joins as senior investment analyst and portfolio ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Australia's superannuation tax concession is too generous towards the wealthy and should be scrapped before it becomes an expensive drag on the country's finances, according to new research from the Australia Institute. The think tank said that tax ...

IPA calls for repeal of 10% rule

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
The Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) has urged the government to review the '10% rule', which restricts a number of Australians from making personal concessional contributions into their superannuation. Currently if a taxpayer earns more than 10% ...