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Active managers must promote success

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Australia Scorecard, van der Oord said that for active managers outperforming the benchmark it is an opportunity to substantiate their fees. "If there are active managers that have funds that have outperformed their ...

Preqin buys solution platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
Preqin has acquired a cloud-based private equity monitoring solutions provider. Effective immediately, Preqin has taken a controlling stake in Baxon Solutions after forming a strategic partnership in January 2015. Baxon Solutions offers clients a tailored ...

New life insurance standards for super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... and life insurers will be bound by new life insurance standards emerging from an industry leadership group aiming to benchmark best practice. The Superannuation Industry Working Group is a new collaboration between the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Principal fund receives strong ratings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... consecutive review, while it has maintained a 'Superior' rating from SQM for consistently outperforming its peers and benchmark. Principal Australian chief executive Grant Forster said the firm is pleased with the ratings. "The fund was created for investors ...

APRA marks New Year priorities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Despite the current Australian financial system appearing healthy there remains areas of vulnerability, according to the latest annual report from APRA. The report outlines risks in the housing market, the funding profile of the banking system, poor ...

European manager launches China ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
A European asset manager with more than $1 trillion in assets under management has launched a large cap China ETF on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Amundi's FTSE China A50 Index ETF tracks the 50 biggest A Share stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen ...

Future Fund surges to $123 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... Future Fund has issued its 2016 annual report confirming that its investment performance is ahead of its long term target benchmark. The Future Fund, now valued at $123 billion, was established in 2006 as a fiscal fund to offset Australia's ballooning ...

Alphinity funds added to mFund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... to invest in a diverse range of local ESG stocks, returning 8.8% since its inception in 2000 - 0.6% above the ASX 300 benchmark. Alphinity believes that being on mFund will drive the boutique's retail inflows, making access to its products easier and ...

The infrastructure benchmark challenge

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
Despite the prominence of infrastructure as a standalone asset class, the absence of a widely accepted benchmark makes it difficult for investors to analyse the asset class, according to executive director, head of infrastructure research at J.P. Morgan ...

Impact investing delivers wide reaching returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
Impact investments are not only positively impacting the lives of tens of thousands of people but are also delivering strong returns to investors, according to a new report from Impact Investing Australia. The first data-set of Australian impact investments ...