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MA Financial secures $70m for property fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
... "Raising funds in a challenging economic environment demonstrates our ability to secure attractive investments on pricing metrics that meet our investors' expectations in this marketplace." Lane concluded investors will benefit from an "attractive target ...

Corporate super plan seeks merger partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
... looked at the number of member accounts, cash flows and rollovers. Alcoa failed on all three, seeing declines across all metrics.

Women-led global equities teams outperform in downturn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... equity investment teams outperformed their male counterparts in the calendar year to September, research shows. Investment Metrics reviewed 90 portfolios from 73 different asset managers across the globe and found active returns from portfolios run by ...

SMSF growth slows, allocations shift

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... rate of 10.1%. Retail super funds grew even slower than SMSFs, increasing just 3.1% per annum. Despite these dampened metrics, Rainmaker Information executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said that the SMSF segment is still a huge ...

Australia among top 10 financially inclusive markets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... Economics and Business Research head of forecasting and thought leadership Kay Neufeld said. "We tracked the Index against metrics that follow some of the most significant trends facing society today - like food insecurity and climate change - and recognised ...

Government scraps legacy tax, super measures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... the 2018-19 Budget proposal to introduce a requirement for retirement income product providers to report standardised metrics in product disclosure statements. Meanwhile, the start dates of some other measures that have yet to be legislated have been ...

Choice performance test pause in members' best interests: Chant West

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... with a test that caters to the full breadth of choice investment options. "The test should include a range of different metrics that provide more information on performance over various periods, risk-adjusted returns over different timeframes and an ...

Industry funding model discussion commences

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
... options might have on entities, including cost burden; the appropriate levy formula for option one; and the appropriate metrics to be used in options two and three. It's also asked whether it's more important to have a simpler model that can be more ...

Managed funds industry records $16bn net flows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... flows). BetaShares, which exclusively manages ETFs, had the second highest inflows with $4.6 billion (up 26% from flows). Metrics Credit Partners with six products was third in terms of 12-month net flows with $4 billion and one of the highest in terms ...

NZ Super shifts $25bn to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... alignment with climate goals, we expect these new indices to deliver better environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics across the board," chief investment officer Stephen Gilmore said. The changes will further reduce the fund's exposure to carbon ...