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HESTA investment analyst collects ESG award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... about 200 delegates at the ACSI annual conference in Melbourne yesterday, this year's award was presented to HESTA unlisted assets investment analyst Josephine Toral. As part of Toral's award she will be funded by CareSuper to attend the PRI in Person ...

Rice Warner consultant criticises MySuper fee disclosure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... option," he noted. "Rice Warner would expect higher fees from higher levels of: growth assets; active management; unlisted assets." He added that some funds provide life-cycle products which decrease exposure to growth assets as retirement approaches ...

Getting SMSFs into infra not worth the effort

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... SMSFs come into infrastructure so badly if they're not going to have the efficient scale to be able to go into unlisted assets?" Lyon asked during a panel session on infrastructure investment at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

IGR proves current welfare level is unsustainable: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... superannuation funds are leading the way in long term investment in the economy's productive capacity with $35 billion in unlisted assets such as infrastructure, private equity and other assets. The SMSF Association focused on the importance of all governments ...

Super funds have clout to demand transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... and have now been delayed for the second year running. "I'm happy to disclose any listed asset we have. In the unlisted assets, I'm happy to disclose what we hold - for example, Melbourne Airport." However, he said he was not happy with rules demanding ...

Stronger Super look-through requirements may erode competitive edge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... hedging or other purposes," he said. A third issue is one of confidentiality. Miller argued that disclosure of unlisted assets in managed funds may undermine performance, and it would ultimately be the members that would suffer. "A lot of this is commercially ...

Pricing of unlisted assets call for new model: Northfield

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The risk profiles of unlisted assets can be analysed as if they were equities or Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) by using integrated models that look at risk across all asset classes, an analytics firm said. Northfield Asia Pacific, a US-based firm that ...

Don't ignore China banks: Macquarie

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... Government's scope for flexibility. While the government has debt, he said its high supply of market control, and unlisted assets mean any short term down turn is unlikely. "China has flexibility to buy time, and has the deepest pockets from a reserve ...

Mercer acquires Sovereign

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... working closely with Mercer's US-based private markets expert Mike Forestner. Private markets assets encompass unlisted assets such as private equity, infrastructure, natural resources and real estate.

Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... consultant by size of funds under consultancy, said the increase in demand for a "plethora of alternatives and unlisted assets has meant that the extent of research bandwidth needed has grown" in the last two years. A pressing concern is how consultants ...