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ING DIRECT balanced option gets 'recommended' rating

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
The ING DIRECT Living Super Balanced Option has been given a 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec in its first review. ING DIRECT pitches the product as the first balanced option available to all Australians with no administration, contribution or management ...

ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has developed a new retirement standard, the ASFA Retirement Standard for Older Retirees, which outlines the expenditure required for Australians aged 90-95 to maintain a comfortable or modest ...

Threadneedle set for name change

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Threadneedle Investments will rebrand its business as Columbia Threadneedle Investments in the first half of 2015. The company said the new global brand will represent the combined capabilities, reach and resource of Threadneedle and its US-based affiliate ...

Platinum backs US internet stocks and Asian infrastructure

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Star manager Kerr Neilson's listed investment company Platinum Capital is backing out-of-favour big-name US technology companies as well as infrastructure plays in China and India. In a quarterly update to shareholders the billionaire investor said ...

Medcraft backs national adviser exam

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft has come out in support of a new national exam for financial advisers. Medcraft backed the proposal in an op-ed published in the Australian Financial Review. "I strongly ...

Investec property fund acquires $8.1m warehouse

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
The Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) has acquired a new property in Derrimut, Victoria for $8.1 million. The acquisition, effective from 22 December 2014, caps off a busy year for the fund which added properties to the total purchase price value ...

MySuper put spotlight on member outcomes: CIFR

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
MySuper has put greater emphasis on the retirement outcomes, focused product providers on the needs of disengaged members and promoted widespread innovation, according to a new report by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). Researchers ...

Standard Life Inv launches global equity strategy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
Standard Life Investments has launched a Global Equity Unconstrained strategy. The fund is available to international investors, including Australian clients, through a SICAV structure. The SICAV fund (which is an acronym for sociA(C)tA(C) d'investissement ...

AMP Capital awarded $250m global infrastructure mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
AMP Capital has received a US$200 million ($248 million) commitment, with additional co-investment rights, from Canadian pension plan Ontario Pension Board (OPB) to invest in its global infrastructure strategy. The global infrastructure strategy was ...

Artisan Partners opens local office

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
US-based fund manager Artisan Partners has opened its first office in Australia. The group first entered the Australian market in late 2011 through a third-party distribution agreement with Grey Pine Advisory, which is solely operated by Whitney Drayton. ...