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PIMCO appoints world leaders to advisory board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), Ng Kok Song, are also part of the board. The board will meet several times a year at PIMCO's Newport Beach office and other PIMCO offices around the world. The members will also attend the firm's ...

Most global equities managers outperformed in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... energy and materials sectors. Nguyen commented that "while the long-term analysis shows value outperforms growth, in recent times we have witnessed growth style managers generally outperforming their value style counterparts." Over the year, Zenith has ...

PM Capital fund receives Zenith rating

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... exceeding 10% of the portfolio's net asset value. Since its inception the fund has returned 18.5% per annum, which is 2.37 times the MSCI AC Asia (ex-Japan) benchmark. "The Asian Companies Fund meets a large gap in the market for those investors looking ...

Oil slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... as shown in the chart above - the equilibrium price of Brent oil would remain at around US$40 a barrel (US$40/barrel now times 0% appreciation next year). Then again, the IEA's forecasts were made before OPEC took away the ceiling - members would now ...

Super fund appetite for property funding up

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... which is where Qualitas fills the gap. Sometimes we provide this alongside the banks, through mezzanine debt, and other times we provide senior debt or equity. The key is that we provide developers with more capital and more flexibility," Schwartz said. ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... "downwardly revised 4.4% decline in the second quarter. And China? Why oh why do you think the PBOC has cut interest rates six times since November last year and is expected to do some more? But let's not stop at China, there's Europe -- where the ECB ...

Seniors react to Commission's retirement housing idea

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... are and what we aspire to as a nation. It is a sense of place for older Australians. But it is what they will draw from in times of crisis or when they need aged care," O'Neill said. "Australians would fiercely resist any government that forced them ...

Life insurance claims revamped at industry fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... the benefits this will provide to Sunsuper members, their employers and medical practitioners, including improved decision times on claims, and smarter requirements gathering which will cut down processing delays. It goes without saying that claims are ...

UK regulator targets conflicts in investment consulting

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... investment services were given without a competitive tender. The chief executive of a large UK pension fund told the Financial Times, under condition of anonymity: "There can be no doubt [investment consulting] is a conflicted business model. How can ...

Super tax breaks review could save $6.6bn: Grattan

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... their average super earnings of $85,000 a year. Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley said that "in tight budgetary times, [super tax concession] costs are unsustainable and must be reined in." "Previous repeated changes to superannuation have ...