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Retail funds deny relying on passive investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
Three major retail superannuation funds have rejected claims that they are relying on passive investment strategies to keep MySuper product costs down, confirming they have a significant allocation to active managers. Colonial First State head of investment ...

Group insurance consortiums 'inevitable': MetLife

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
Group insurers must form consortiums if they want to continue to provide group cover to the growing 'mega-funds', according to MetLife head of distribution Michael Goodall. Speaking at an even hosted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

PROFILE: Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of fixed income for Asia-Pacific Philip Moffitt

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
Philip Moffitt has climbed the ranks of the funds management world to become a chief executive of one of the best known brands in the business, but despite his enduring success, he puts much of that rise down to simple pot luck. Mark Smith reports. ...

AustSuper premium hike sees surprise member response

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... with the bad risks. And what we'll actually find is one of those emerging trends around increasing price, just because the funds are left with poorer risks." This, he said, could prove to be a major threat to the entire group insurance industry. MetLife ...

Energy Super discloses all holdings on website

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... companies in which that manager is invested. It also gives no details of valuation. The fund is invested in 460 different PE funds. Energy Super CEO Robyn Petrou said the new tool provides a deeper level of fund transparency and accountability, and responded ...

AMP Capital wins large Australian equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... Australia have a range of such investment partnerships across their Australian and Asian investment management businesses. The funds awarded by Nikko Asset Management Australia form part of its broader Multi Manager and Portfolio Solutions business ...

UBS launches borrow-to-buy share vehicle

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... limited recourse loan with no margin calls. UBS Investment Builders allow investors to purchase shares, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and listed managed funds by paying a portion of the underlying security price themselves, while UBS provides a limited ...

Foundation raises over $1m for biomedical research

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... the trustee of the foundations, Perpetual confirmed that this year's distribution brings the Ramaciotti Foundations' total funds distributed to date to almost $55 million. Established in 1970 to advance medical research in Australia, the Ramaciotti Foundations ...

Australian Unity adds Townsville property to healthcare fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... the development of the brownfields site is expected to cost $7.5 million. AUREI head of healthcare and retirement property funds Chris Smith said that Health Care Australia approached AUREI to partner with it in developing the site. "The process of obtaining ...

MySuper fees approaching KiwiSaver best practice

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... Business, Innovation and Employment) it was revealed that the weighted average Total Expense Ratios (TER) for all KiwiSaver funds is 0.92%. The average TER for the nine KiwiSaver default funds that account for 22% of KiwiSaver assets under management ...