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Responsible investment plagues super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... with external fund managers. This is one key finding delivered by the inaugural Superfund Responsible Investment Benchmarking Report, released today by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Although the report finds more than two-thirds ...

Preqin buys solution platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... tailored platform which provides automated solutions for front and middle office tasks such as monitoring, analysing, benchmarking and performance reporting. Preqin said it is excited to take the partnership to the next level and fully incorporate Baxon ...

APRA marks New Year priorities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... superannuation industry to improve its strategic and business planning practices, and the approaches adopted for benchmarking, monitoring and reviewing the frameworks, processes and resources that support these activities." The regulator said it is still ...

The infrastructure benchmark challenge

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... comprehensive benchmark will develop as the asset class matures, and highlighted a number of ways investors are currently benchmarking their infrastructure investments. Bahceci spoke to a group of investors who are using a fixed income benchmark to measure ...

Impact investing delivers wide reaching returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... report from Impact Investing Australia. The first data-set of Australian impact investments was released in the "Benchmarking Impact: Australian Impact Investment Activity and Performance Report 2016" launched at the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific. ...

Profitable firms leverage from within: Macquarie

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... businesses for profit, according to new data from Macquarie. Macquarie's Accounting and Financial Services (AFS) Benchmarking Report, a survey of 355 small to mid-tier firms across Australia, focused on key trends among firms earning above average profits ...

Retail funds trailing NFPs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... not-for-profits is currently 120 basis points, according to Rainmaker Information research. In the latest Rainmaker Benchmarking report, based on the SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper Index in the 12 months to August 2016, the researcher ...

Willis Towers Watson appoints national workplace risk manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... the integration of the two organisations earlier this year, we have an unparalleled combination of analytics and benchmarking to offer our clients, as well as innovations in client accessibility. I'm excited to be offering these strategies to the market." ...

NAS renews $7 billion mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... superannuation funds. Equip used the expertise of Thomas Murray, a global provider of advisory services, to assist in the benchmarking and selection process."

NGS awards $300m mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... investment officer Ned Bell said: "We are delighted to have been selected after NGS Super's intensive scrutiny and market benchmarking. We're looking forward to working with CEO Anthony Rodwell-Ball, Ben Squires, senior manager investments and finance ...