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QIC purchases New York shopping centre

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016

Giant Australian investment manager QIC has signaled further acquisitions in the US following its joint-venture purchase of Westchester's Ridge Hill retail shopping centre in New York. QIC announced the purchase of a 51% stake in the shopping centre ...

S&P launches long-term sustainability index

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016

... Index, aimed at tracking companies with the potential to create "long-term value". Developed jointly with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the LTVC index measures sustainability criteria and projected investment outcomes over a long-term horizon. ...

AMP Capital targets $2.8bn infrastructure raising

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015

AMP Capital has started to raise capital for its Infrastructure Debt Fund III (IDF III), which targets US$2 billion ($2.79 billion) from global institutional investors. The fund is AMP Capital's third infrastructure debt fund in five years and comes ...

Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015

Australia may have the most adequate pension system in the world but it doesn't necessarily guarantee it being the most sustainable. Rankings for the 2015 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) were released last night and Australia has slipped ...

Myonlineadvisers teams up with US robo firm

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015

American portfolio crash-testing company, RiXtrema, has announced signing an exclusivity agreement and memorandum of understanding with wealth management firm myonlineadvisers. The joint venture provides wealth advisers with online tools which will ...

AMP Capital hires infrastructure investment director

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015

... infrastructure investment, with a specialist focus on the airports sector. He joins the company from Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan Board where he was general manager, business development based in Santiago, Chile. During his career, he has held senior ...

Pension and retirement strategies a global problem

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015

... financial needs," Pallisco said. The survey also showed a gap between the views of government and policymakers and pension plan providers in a number of areas, including having clear strategy and the effectiveness of their communications, with the public ...

Failure to monitor ESG may breach fiduciary duty

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015

... duty." The case started because the claimants thought the trustees of the Edison International defined contribution pension plan "acted imprudently by offering six higher priced retail-class mutual funds as plan investments when materially identical ...

Asset allocation is over, investors chase returns

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015

Institutional investors' traditional emphasis on asset allocation has given way to a focus on returns, which has led to the "bondification" of equities, a global report found. The 2015 CREATE-Research report commissioned by Principal Global Investors ...

Market to open flat

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015

... about stocks." Dow member GE gained 0.3 per cent as it announced the sale of a pair of finance assets to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for $US12 billion ($A15.59 billion). Southwest Airlines tumbled 4.2 per cent as it reported that passenger ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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