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Former State Super investments chief returns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... "Lisbeth's exemplary ethos in philosophy of investments and in supporting people will further reinforce our strong culture from the top." Rasmussen said she felt "very privileged" to join the fund's board. "My new role gives me an opportunity to use ...

VIC, TAS lead Australia: CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Victoria remains Australia's strongest performing economy, but it now shares top spot with Tasmania, according to the latest CommSec State of the States report. The latest CommSec economic rankings revealed how the state and territory economies were ...

Top asset consultants named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Peter Lee Associates has released the results of its investment management survey naming Australia's top ranked asset consultant. Willis Towers Watson and Frontier Advisors share the top spot this year after surveying around 100 chief investment ...

Compliance worse than COVID-19

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Regulatory and compliance burden is a bigger challenge and disruption for financial advisers than COVID-19, the global pandemic that has ripped both economies and lives to shreds. In an interview with Financial Standard, Investment Trends research director ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... said. "This is a scenario not afforded to passive index strategies." Anand agreed, arguing active strategies would come out on top of the COVID-19 crisis. "The return opportunity to active selection is higher today than it has been at any time in recent ...

Calls for super funds, government to collaborate on energy security

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The federal government on Wednesday took advantage of the low oil prices to establish Australia's first sovereign energy reserve, and superannuation funds can help, according to an expert. Energy minister Angus Taylor said the government will buy ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... introduction of the heat map put more pressure on funds to perform relative to their peers, something Griffith said came on top of what was already a trend towards heightened peer relativity. "It's not just the heat map. The system has gotten very large ...

Please be aware of the nearest exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
As the conversation changes towards what the future will look like beyond COVID-19, the major topic at the forefront is what exit strategy lays ahead. Whether government, business or individual, the economic ramifications from the measures taken to ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... in near future. In March, the fund returned -1.03% compared to S&P/ASX Midcap 50 Accumulation Index's returns of -2.3%. Top holdings in the portfolio at month end were Resmed, TPG, A2, Magellan and Breville Group. "Both BKI and WHSP portfolios are ...

Best, worst global equities funds in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... performing global equities fund in the March quarter in Morningstar's universe, while a Stewart Investors fund came out on top. In the March quarter, while the local S&P/ASX Small Ords Total Return fell 26.72%, global stock market indices were down between ...