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Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... established to provide greater focus. In some cases, they may be managing money for high-net-worth individuals or running hedge funds.A Often the mind-set or skill-set of these investors is different. For example, high-net-worth managers tend to think ...

AMP Capital appoints London-based institutional director

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... Transferable Securities) platform and for its unlisted infrastructure business. She will work with clients such as pension funds, insurers, private banks and multi managers. Campbell joins AMP Capital from J.P. Morgan where she was executive director ...

Larry Fink pays tribute to Australian super system

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... dollars of infrastructure required globally in the coming decades, Fink also discussed the need for fund managers and pension funds to step in to plug the funding gap. "Private institutional investors with low risk tolerances and long term liability ...

FSC and ISA clash over super and awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... The FSC questioned the validity of the FWC expert panel and its ability to undertake a review of default superannuation funds in modern awards. The organisation is now seeking an urgent hearing with the FWC before the April 28 deadline for MySuper applications. ...

Big obstacles for funds going it alone on PE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
Private equity (PE) returns may be stronger than we think and while this is attracting super funds to direct their own PE investment placements, this approach is not for everybody, reveals new research from McKinsey & Company. The global management ...

Funds passport 'doomed to fail' without tax reform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
The Asia Region Funds Passport is "doomed to fail" unless the government changes taxation law to favour Asian investors in Australia, according to BNP Paribas Security Services managing director Peter Baker. While the funds passport initiative is good ...

ISA 'deeply concerned' over banks' MySuper campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... interests of Australian employees. Central to this is a transparent, merit based quality filter that ensures only the best funds can become default funds," he said. "The major banks oppose a quality filter, instead preferring a free-for-all where they ...

Not too late for super to start on big data

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
It's not too late for superannuation funds to start using big data to understand their members' needs, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia wrote in a recent blog on his LinkedIn profile. "What do footy ...

PM Capital Emerging Asia added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... analysis. The fund manager said that this philosophy is important to differentiate the strategy from predominantly 'quasi-index funds' in the Asia region. The Fund delivered a total return, since inception in 2008, of more than 190%, outstripping its ...

Risk management top concern for sovereign wealth funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
The majority of sovereign wealth funds and central banks globally have said risk management is a major concern, according to a recent survey carried out by State Street Corporation. The 'New Horizons for Official Institutions' report, released today ...