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Decumulation will drive investment focus shift: AXA IM

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
Institutional investors are shifting investment strategies in search of income generation and inflation protection over the long term in response to the advent of the superannuation decumulation phase, AXA Investment Managers believes. According to ...

Super funds condemn Trump climate withdrawal

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... the same approach." BNY Mellon subsidiary Mellon Capital was more optimistic in light of the news, with head of equity portfolio management and manager of carbon efficient strategies Karen Wong arguing that investors will continue to push for climate ...

Fund manager sells all shares ahead of crash

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
A veteran fund manager is liquidating all unit trust assets and handing back mandates due to a "clear and present danger" in property and equity markets. Altair Asset Management chair and chief investment officer Philip Parker explained he had sold ...

Investors torn over ESG capabilities

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... consider investments aligned with the SRI policy." The university said comingled funds used within its overseas equity portfolio preclude an ability to exclude companies based on industries where revenue is sourced. In a report published earlier this ...

First Super halts private equity investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
First Super will make no new investments in its private equity program as its existing $100 million private equity portfolio is under review. This is being done, the fund said, due to concerns about poor labour practices exhibited by companies in which ...

Findex assigns Aussie equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Findex has awarded the mandate for its managed discretionary Australian core equity portfolios to an active equities manager. Following a rigorous review program by the Findex investment team, Altair Asset Management secured the contract, having first ...

Arnhem SMA rating receives upgrade

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... potential," Maas said. "This minimises the sector concentration risk that characterises the average domestic equity portfolio, and gives investors access to investments they simply don't have exposure to in Australia." The Australia+ portfolio comprises ...

Top 10 executive appointments in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... ANZ prior to this, including head of distribution, E*TRADE investment lending and product manager for protected equity portfolio. 10. Myer Family Investments names new chief executive Myer Family Investments (MFI) appointed a new chief executive and ...

Industry fund seeks volatility overlay mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... that provide suitable protection around market volatility. "It's more important to mitigate the drawdowns of an equity portfolio than it is to maximise the gains in periods when it rallies," Ho said. A potential solution is the Grant Samuel Global Equity ...

Watermark closes IPO for market neutral LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... million, from investors at an issue price of $1.10 per share. The fund uses long and short positions in a global equity portfolio to deliver a fully market neutral strategy, and aims to deliver 10% over all market cycles. "For an alternative strategy ...