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AMP ditches SMSF lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... continue to lend to SMSFs. Westpac stopped SMSF lending on July 31, CBA has set October 12 as the date, AMP will also stop mid-October. RateCity research director Sally Tindall said AMP's announcement comes as a shock to no one. "AMP's new chairman ...

Glut of underperformance in managed funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... Australian bonds and A-REIT funds underperformed their respective benchmarks on an absolute basis. The exception was Australian mid and small cap funds. These gained an average return of 20.8% over a one-year period (S&P/ASX Mid-Small gained 18.8%) ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
Saudi Arabia and Russia weren't pleased with US President Trump when they announced no immediate increase in oil production following the OPEC and non-OPEC nations meeting in Algiers on September 23. The decision sent oil prices soaring - Brent ...

AustralianSuper awards international property mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... office and retail direct property equity mandate to the $160 billion real estate manager in March. AustralianSuper head of mid-risk Jason Peasley said the One Crown Place transaction "aligns with our real estate debt strategy to target high quality opportunities ...

Open APIs old news: Midwinter

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
Fintechs not supporting open APIs won't be around in five years' time, according to a Midwinter executive. Midwinter chief technology officer and executive director Andrew McClelland believes open application programming interfaces (APIs) are now a ...

University students to run hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
An industry-backed hedge fund has launched at the University of New South Wales, where students will run a concentrated long-short portfolio of ASX 300 stocks with ESG filters. Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) general manager Michael ...

Chief economist update: China shares inclusion in MSCI is a blessing and a curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... (technically defined as a 20% drop from the nearest top) and remained there to this day - both indices are down by 24.7% as at mid-September from their January 24 peaks. But perhaps, so is the inclusion of Chinese equities into the MSCI because the rules ...

TAL hired private investigator to follow claimant: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
TAL went to great lengths to get out of paying insurance claims to a nurse which involved hiring a private investigator who followed her around the country, the Royal Commission heard today. Newly-appointed TAL general manager of claims Loraine van ...

The changing face of SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... to Australian equities, SMSF investors are still frequently looking outside of the Top 20. Frustrated by underperformance, mid and small cap companies are benefiting and ASX20 shares now only account for 33% of the total value of shares traded by SMSFs ...

IFM Investors return fees to investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... 25% and at the time Himbury said he saw Royal Commission as an opportunity. At the Royal Commission, AustralianSuper head of mid-risk portfolios Jason Peasley was grilled on the Pacific Hydro investment through IFM Investors. The asset was expected to ...