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Renewed calls for risk-adjusted returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... renewed calls for a fairer, like-for-like comparison that focuses on risk as the key metric. The propensity for research houses, the media - and even the Productivity Commission - to use average returns as the ultimate yardstick for outperformance has ...

Fund manager hires new institutional head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... with institutional clients. Skalberg spent just under four years at AMP Capital, including one year as head of research houses before stepping into the portfolio manager role. In her new role, Skalberg will be responsible for existing and new relationships ...

NZ Super responds to Australian social media laws

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... tweeted upon the passing of the laws: "Sad to report the poor, rushed legislation covering 'Streamed Terrorism' passed both houses just now - despite objections from bodies as diverse as NewsCorp, the tech industry and the Law Council (three who rarely ...

Financial product design and distribution law passes

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... The Treasury Laws Amendment (Design and Distribution Obligations and Product Intervention Powers) Bill 2019 passed both Houses of Parliament overnight. Providers must determine the target market for financial products on offer and make this known to ...

UK to introduce new pension scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... CWU have been campaigning together to bring about this legislation, building a cross-party alliance of supporters in both Houses of Parliament as well as working with government." "We now look ahead to the next stage and ultimately delivering the UK's ...

No one-size-fits-all approach to franking changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... investment strategies for SMSF investors if Labor's franking credit refund changes were to pass unaltered through both houses of Parliament after the upcoming election. The panel failed to come to a consistent approach, speaking both to the diversity ...

Canadian pension fund manager dumps Blue Sky

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... Sky said the impact of the termination is not considered material to its earnings Blue Sky's real assets division, which houses Blue Sky Water Partners, expects to still manage about $900 million in water entitlements and agricultural assets post-termination. ...

SMSF investments reach far and wide

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... current market values based on recent sales of similar classes of artwork by these artists through galleries and auction houses during the past five years." He noted that a flat art market meant some artworks had decreased in value. As such, investors ...

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... countries. About two years ago, it signed a five-year lease on an office at 101 Collins Street in Melbourne which also houses Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan. JCB took up a quarter of a floor. In October, it started using Bloomberg's Asset and Investment ...

CCIV consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... participating countries, which include Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Thailand without too much red tape. In June 2018, both houses of Federal Parliament passed the Asia Region Funds Passport bill. The bill amends the Corporations Act 2001 to implement ...