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Flat Australian dividends help case for global diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... dividend growth is not a cause for concern. It began late last year but should be considered a normalisation to more sustainable levels of dividend growth after several quarters of double digit increases. "In Asia, China's slowdown is certainly having ...

Treasurer flags super cap exemptions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... in income a year. The tax paid on that is zip, zero and nothing," Morrison said. "Now, that sort of a system is not sustainable given the aging of the population and the challenges we have going forward. That is why it is necessary to make these rather ...

Industry fund inks MetLife mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... claims philosophy and processes; financial strength; support of the fund's strategy through innovation, as well as sustainable pricing. Lander said insurance has its place in super to cover the people whose health precludes them working through to retirement ...

Challenger sees record sales boost in 2016

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... 32.5c per share. "Challenger is generating superior shareholder returns through a highly efficient, profitable and sustainable model," Benari continued. "In our Life business we have been able to maintain consistent margins for the past four years, which ...

Pension changes will impact retirement adequacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... retirement in poverty." He agrees that changes back to pre-2006 asset testing levels are necessary to create a more sustainable pension system, but argues it will be a lot of the little day-to-day increases to the cost of living which will cause an immediate ...

Morphic fund added to wraps

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... capital growth, focus on risk management and seek quality low-priced stocks with earnings growth from participating in sustainable change on the upside. "We begin by first looking for stocks that are low-priced, with strong momentum - a sign that change ...

TH Real Estate appoints new sustainability head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... head of sustainability for the property and asset management business. In her role she was responsible for embedding sustainable principles into core business processes and deliverables. At TH Real Estate Dean will work across the business to minimise ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... Bruno Bertocci, a managing director at UBS Asset Management and lead portfolio manager of the top-performing Global Sustainable Equity strategy. He was in Victoria recently to present UBS's research into ESG metrics at the Centre of Investor Education ...

Japanese pension fund continues ESG commitment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... with non-Japanese asset owners. A GPIF statement said: "We will establish the forum later this year as a venue of sustainable exchange of opinions with non-Japanese asset owners which have made advanced approach in ESG investments. We will utilise their ...

Sustainable office trust attracts major new investor

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... Services arm of the Uniting Church in Australia Synod of NSW and the ACT, has committed $25 million to the High Income Sustainable Office Trust (HISOT). UFS is the first institutional investor to support HISOT, alongside the CEFC and EG. As HISOT grows ...