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Crime victims should receive super access: Poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
Financial Standard readers mostly support a Federal Government proposal which would see victims of horrific crimes have an ability to access the superannuation balances of perpetrators. The publication's weekly spot poll shows about two-thirds (63%) ...

Chief economist update: Another five minutes of retail sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... levels. The household debt to disposable income ratio even climbed to 188.6% in the fourth quarter of 2017 from 187.3% in the third quarter of the same year. This is why the reported 0.6% increase in retail spending over the month of February could be ...

Instos lap up unlisted infrastructure: Preqin

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... class, the researcher said. Institutional investors are becoming an important lending source to fund managers. About one-third (34%) of fund managers said they expect institutional investors to finance a majority of their infrastructure debt, ahead of ...

MetLife makes senior hire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... Caltex Group Superannuation Fund. MetLife's head of reinsurance and regulatory affairs James Carey said: "MetLife is the third largest provider of group insurance in the Australian market and we provide protection to approximately 2.6 milion Australians. ...

Focus on tax outcomes to drive up member returns: Parametric

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... The second member joins the fund in year two, following the same pattern as the first member but lagging by one year. The third member joins in year three and follows the same pattern, but lags the first member by two years. This scenario assumes contributions ...

Magellan cuts ties with Cricket Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... the Australian men's test cricket team which broke the rules with a clear intention to gain an unfair advantage during the third test in South Africa goes to the heart of integrity." "Regrettably, these recent events are so inconsistent with our values ...

Natixis unveils ESG global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Natixis Investment Managers has launched a new global equities fund aimed at Australian institutional investors, in partnership with a $14 billion socially responsible investment affiliate. The new fund will assess companies on eight sustainable development ...

Managed accounts climb to $57bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... market. The second is managed accounts that are essentially IDPS platforms which hold $15 billion or 25% of the market. The third and largest segment is managed discretionary accounts (MDA), which are more open architecture managed accounts where the ...

Aurora repays stolen $1 million

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... benefit of AUP unitholders, it continues to investigate recovery of the balance of the misappropriated funds from a range of third parties, including the former owners and directors of Aurora," Martin said. Aurora is reviewing its service provider arrangements ...

CPA Australia names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... Australia and around the world. He will receive annual base remuneration of $650,000 with an at risk incentive component of one third his base. "The new board has been working to appoint the right person to take CPA Australia forward and we believe Andrew ...