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Myonlineadvisers teams up with US robo firm

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... even lists the Stockholm-based Nobel Foundation, which it helps to model the risk the foundation employs to protect the endowment of Alfred Nobel, ensuring the continued ability to fund future Nobel Prizes. The tools simplify portfolio management and ...

AMP half-year profit up 33%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... disability and income protection), driving $99 million in profit and closed legacy services (including whole of life, endowment, retirement savings account, insurance bonds and guaranteed savings accounts) at $80 million. AMP Capital contributed $72 ...

FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... fixed income have been relegated to 24% of the total portfolio. Pursuing this strategy, the university has grown its endowment from US$12.7 billion ($17 billion) to US$23.9 billion ($32 billion) over the past decade. Over FY2014, it generated a 20.2% ...

Instos overconfident on drawdown risks

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
Institutional investors might be too confident that their downside protection strategies can cope with market drawdowns. A recent report by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) found investors largely rely on a small number of downside protection strategies ...

Instos doing little to protect portfolios

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
Global institutional investors are unperturbed by the threat of a market correction and continue to pile into equities. That's according to new investor behaviour research by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), which conducted the research in January ...

Future Fund ranks worst in managing climate risk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... surveyed the world's 500 largest asset owners, including pension funds, insurance funds, sovereign funds, foundations and endowment funds across five categories: transparency, risk management, low-carbon investment, active ownership and investment chain ...

Koda Capital nabs more JBWere execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... Paul Heath said. Knowles most recently led the philanthropic services team at JBWere and sat at the firm's charitable endowment fund investment committee. He has more than 25 years of experience in wealth management both in Australia and the UK. Chris ...

Future Fund alternatives head joins Hedge Fund Standards Board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... with the other trustees and to progress in this effort." Over 60 major international investors, including pension and endowment funds as well as sovereign wealth funds, are now members of the HFSB Investor Chapter, supporting the adoption of the standards ...

Fossil fuel divestment gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
... faculty members of Stanford University in the US writing to its board of trustees asking them to divest its $25 billion endowment fund from the investment sector. The Stanford University has, however, already divested from direct investment into coal ...

Super funds out-growing local real estate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... TIAA Henderson Real Estate (TH Real Estate). The property investor, which was formed through a partnership between US endowment fund TIAA-CREF and London and ASX-listed fund manager Henderson, already has mandates in place with domestic giants AustralianSuper ...