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NZ Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has announced the appointment of two new directors to its managerial board and the reappointment of another director. Joining the board is British Columbia Investment Management Corporation founding chief executive ...

Time to fear the no "fear gauge"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... week, all were blinking the happy bright and happy colour green....and this, just as we're about to see the end days of May - yes, the month when we're advised to sell and go away....and this, when over the past few days, many a Fed henchmen - voters ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
Here we go again folks! It's back on again. Yes Virginia, not unless you've spent all of last week touring Mars would you not notice that the US Federal Reserve had been busily preparing planet earth for another lift... as soon as next month and by ...

Australia joining global retirement focus: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
A quick look at Challenger's share registry will tell you the importance and interest in Australia's superannuation system moving from an accumulation focus to retirement income. Speaking at a Ranstad Lecture Series event in Sydney yesterday, Benari ...

VFMC appoints two new directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
An ASIC chair and a former NAB executive general manager have joined the Victorian Funds Management Corporation board, strengthening its expertise in corporate and social responsibility. VFMC, which manages more than $50 billion for Victorian public ...

Factor investing sees new customised approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... with quality or value or more volatility in some of these more traditional smart beta strategies? The answer is definitely yes," Hunstad said. An NGO with a large pension portfolio recently approached Northern Trust and asked if they could replicate ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
Australia inflation expectations If it's anything to go by the latest Consumer Inflationary Expectations Survey released by the Melbourne Institute shows that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) couldn't have cut interest rates soon enough. Recall that ...

HESTA investment analyst collects ESG award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
CareSuper and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have jointly named the recipient of the 2016 Michael O'Sullivan ESG Rising Star Award. Announced in front of about 200 delegates at the ACSI annual conference in Melbourne yesterday ...

Mercer bolsters compliance offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
Mercer has acquired a web-based compliance and risk management provider as a "logical move" that supports an already well-established business partnership. The global retirement and investment consultant announced yesterday it has purchased ExtraTextual ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Australia retail sales ABS data released yesterday gave meat to the RBA's statement after its 3 May Board meeting that, "In Australia, the available information suggests that the economy is continuing to rebalance following the mining investment boom" ...