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Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... divestment movement is growing at an unprecedented rate. "A distinct pattern is emerging of investment managers with long-term horizons or fiduciary duties considering the effects of climate change on their members. For example, global insurer AXA plans ...

Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... reviews. For example, one of the five buffer funds in the Swedish pension system said it had extended its alternative asset horizons from five to 10 years, reducing reliance on monthly and quarterly reporting in illiquid asset classes. As asset owners ...

AB wins industry fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... reduce the impact of unintended common exposures and asset crowding, and to improve the balance of pay-offs across time-horizons by diversifying risk in a capital-efficient way.

Super fund appetite for property funding up

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... returns in other yield generating assets have been suppressed by quantitative easing, Super funds have broadened their horizons in the search for returns. At the same time, Schwartz said new investors are stepping in to plug a gap left by tighter restrictions ...

Responsible investment is not just divestment

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... internal conflict in investment management, where short-term returns often clash with the goals of long-term investment horizons, citing Volkswagen as a case in point. "Do you think those Volkswagen engineers were acting in the best long-term interests ...

AMP adviser, former Shadforth exec join Fortnum

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... also joined Fortnum as a principal and adviser at Sydney practice Fortuity Strategic Advisors. Fenning joins from AMP Horizons Financial Planning, where he was a financial adviser. Non-aligned North Sydney practice Shore Financial also joined the Fortnum ...

Tim Steele departs AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... pursuing studies overseas before returning to Australia for the next stage of his career. Steele became a director of AMP's Horizons academy in 2008 and took the ipac and Genesys reins in 2013. AMP's wind-up of Genesys is ongoing, and in August, the ...

AMP offers Adviser Academy course via Griffith

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
AMP has redesigned its Horizons adviser education program and is now offering its Adviser Academy course through Griffith University. Changes in the redesign of the course include: raising entry standards to a degree equivalent, provisioning for graduates ...

FinaMetrica in robo advice deal with Swiss private bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... tolerance through a number of questions. The system then comes up with a score that takes into account investors' time horizons, their capacity for loss, risk tolerance, knowledge of investments and investment experience. The end scores are mapped to ...

UK govt tempts super funds with real estate projects

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... says A£40 billion ($87 billion) is "shovel-ready." The projects themselves suit a range of investors with different horizons, return expectations and attitudes to risk and include projects both in London and in regional centres. Specifically they include ...