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Rising yields benefit active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
Rising yields combatting inflationary pressures are conducive to active bond managers outperforming passive strategies, according to an expert investment manager. IOOF portfolio manager of fixed income Osvaldo Acosta said in this environment, active ...

Women in Super names 2017 scholarship winners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... opportunity," the NSW Premier said. The 2017 scholarship winners are: Christine Abonyi - Contact Centre Manager (Northern Region), Link Group Ruwanie Dias - Acting Chief Investment Officer, Commonwealth Bank Group Super Ciara Gaffney - Senior Legal Counsel ...

Cuffe takes stake in Lennox small-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
Chris Cuffe's Third Link Growth Fund will provide seeding for a new small-cap strategy established under Challenger boutique network Fidante Partners. Lennox Capital Partners' Australian Small Companies Fund is available to retail and institutional ...

Infrastructure receives $75 billion boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... Victoria securing an additional $1 billion, including $500 million to upgrade regional trains and $30 million for a rail link from the Melbourne CBD to Tullamarine Airport; Geelong Rail Line and the North East Rail Line each receiving $100 million, and ...

Sharing economy to reshape global real estate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... change tack. AMP Capital Investors director of institutional sales and consultant relations Mark Miness said there's a strong link between the sharing economy (think Uber and AirBnB) and the real estate sector, giving new meaning to the term 'clicks-and-mortar'. ...

Human rights considerations are good for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... leader and partner Adam Carrel said the business case is particularly acute as the world is entering a period in which the link between human rights and political risk mitigations in investment decision-making will become clearer. "Human rights risks ...

AIA launches flexible premium structure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
Life insurance specialist AIA Australia launched a new product feature that will help clients curb costly stepped premium increases for up to 15 years. Advisers will have greater flexibility in matching premium terms to their clients' needs, with the ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
With friends like these, who needs Kim Jong-un! Just when the drumbeats of war - the nuclear kind - have recently been withdrawing from the headlines, US president Donald Trump could be starting another, a trade war. Sure, Trump's protectionist' policy ...

Asteron Life rewards healthy lifestyles

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... "We believe TAL Health Sense puts the client at the centre of the conversation and enables advisers to draw a significant link between their client's financial fitness as well as their physical and emotional fitness," TAL general manager, retail distribution ...

Challenger launches advice tool as reforms loom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
As the 1 July deadline looms, an initiative from Challenger will make it easier for financial advisers to service clients and manage their retirement income needs. As superannuation reform, including the introduction of Comprehensive Income Products ...