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New ESG guidelines to aid super investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... Reporting Guide for Australian Companies. The guide includes essential information and data that super funds and fund managers would use to assess ESG investment risk, although companies will only be asked to report those risks relevant to their business. ...

IFM pins hopes on state governments and eyes $1bn infra deal

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011
... said that attractive infrastructure investments in Australia are unable to match the appetite of super funds and fund managers. "We have a terrific client base who are generally cash flow positive, likely to be so for at least the next decade, have had ...

Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... much better than what we had before and a very good first step that should help conversations between trustees, fund managers and advisers and drive comparability," said Graus. ASFA and the FSC will review the procedure, which they hope will evolve into ...

Lonsec casts eye over fund fee structures

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
Ratings agency Lonsec has analysed the fee structures of fund managers in its Australian Equities Long/Short peer group and discovered two funds that employ a performance hurdle of 0%. While the performance fee hurdles employed by most managers in the ...

Aust fund managers passport to Japan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Australian fund managers are well positioned to enter Japan's $18.9 trillion savings pool as an Asian regions funds passport gains political and industry momentum. A new PwC / Austrade report, The Australian Fund Managers Roadmap to Japan, has found ...

Bennelong nabs two Herschel managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
Bennelong Funds Management has nabbed two fund managers from Herschel Asset Management, forming a new absolute return team. Mark Burgess and Kristiaan Rehder have moved across to Bennelong, effective from September 1 and will be majority shareholders ...

ING Investment adopts Bloomberg Platform

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... Ideas platform means our research team can make sure that their best ideas and latest thinking are known to all our fund managers immediately, and that their successes are immediately recognized," he said. The platform incorporates with the analytical ...

Time for super to step up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... a significant role in the Australian economy. "We need to begin a dialogue about how super funds can engage with fund managers to protect the wealth of our members. We can then use this position to help Australia take a lead role around the world." Superannuation's ...

JB Global submits to independent review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... raised by ASIC. Justin Beeton, managing director of JB Global Investment Services, said most product issuers and fund managers had questions from ASIC regarding product disclosure statements (PDS) in the past year. He said all concerns raised related ...

Bigger super funds may not be cheaper for members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... management industry," he said. "The smartest people walking out of very large organisations and setting up as boutique fund managers." Livanas described boutique super funds as those with less than $3 billion in funds under management, and said mid-sized ...