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Super funds adopting insurers' investment strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... making their way to Australia. Australia's fixed income allocation for instance stands at 10%, which is the lowest of any OECD market, Hurt said. But during retirement phase, fixed income will be increasingly important because of the low rates and high ...

Senior ATO official tangled in $165m fraud scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... both domestically and internationally to reduce the incidence of tax crime, including having recently acted as chair of the OECD Task Force on Tax Crimes. Also appearing at the press conference, acting commissioner of taxation Andrew Mills said that ...

RARE fund receives Lonsec tick

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... The RARE Infrastructure Income Fund targets a portfolio yield of 5% pa (net of withholding tax) and a real total return of OECD G7 inflation+5.5% pa across an economic cycle. The fund currently has a forward dividend yield of 5.5% and expected DPS growth ...

Hastings wins Japanese government mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... clients, awarded the mandate to Hastings for an undisclosed amount. Hastings will target infrastructure debt investments in OECD countries. Hastings chief executive Andrew Day said he anticipated the DBJ relationship will expand over time, adding: "This ...

Going good but there are risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
The just-released "OECD Economic Surveys, Australia" provided a pretty growth picture of the domestic economy, forecasting GDP growth of 2.6% this year and 3.1% in 2018 - one that would lower the current jobless rate from 5.7% (January 2017) to 5.5% ...

Fraser review challenges super board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... representation model of not-for-profit funds "is contrary to the support shown worldwide for this model, including in a majority of OECD countries." Fraser said the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) should implement his four recommendations ...

Slack Eurozone labour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... the region's unemployment rate had clearly been trending lower since peaking at 12.1% in June 2013, it remains below the OECD's non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU) estimate of 8.8% this year. This indicates excess capacity in the ...

Trump is heaven's gift to central banks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... government use either its balance sheet or its planning capacity to do infrastructure spending." So did the G-20, so did the OECD, so did the IMF. President Trump will be giving them what they were asking for, that is, fiscal accommodation via higher ...

Super is "next on the menu" for disruption: new ASFA CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... society incredibly resilient and robust - the fundamentals of investment and economics remain. We are the only country in the OECD that has the opportunity to deliver a retirement system that delivers comfort and dignity in retirement for our members." ...

Wilson submits request to shut down Aurora fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... designed to give investors exposure to loans and hybrid securities issued by Australian entities and entities from other OECD nations - as well as unlisted Australian securities. Keybridge Capital is the investment manager for the fund. Keybridge sold ...