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Super funds keen on alternatives managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
Alternatives managers continued to win the biggest slice of institutional mandates awarded in Australia in the year to March end, according to the latest Rainmaker Mandate Chaser report. Not-for-profit superannuation funds and investment managers handed ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... investment in a green bond is not necessarily having a substantial positive impact on the environment. "In Australia, the big banks have issued green bonds. We've invested in some of them and not in others. I'm not knocking them as an asset class ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... companies - especially as many of the companies in question are unlisted. "We're all familiar with the risks that come from big listed names but some of the smaller ones that fly under the radar need to be considered," Ground said. Schroders' ...

Wealth jobs in demand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... indicated they intend to increase permanent staff levels. The firm said mergers and acquisitions, the FASEA exam and moves by the big four banks to move their wealth arms had led to "mass redundancies", but added the skills in demand are still relatively ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... recently announced review of Australia's retirement income system has been met with confusion by some of the industry's big players. "Speaking at the Bloomberg buy-side forum in Sydney recently, the newly-minted Assistant Treasurer for Superannuation ...

Beyond the China A shares hype

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
As major indices increasingly broaden accessibility to Chinese equities, one emerging markets specialist argues investing in the country goes beyond index inclusion. The landmark move by MSCI last year opened the floodgates to the once-difficult-to-access ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The Bloomberg US Dollar Spot index was trading at 96.7680 on the day Trump tweeted the below: "China and Europe playing big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with USA. We should MATCH, or continue being ...

Remembering Ron Grima

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... interest in growing my professional career. Since 1996 you have always been there giving support and input." "You had such a big impact on my life and feature at some of the most pivotal moments. A friend I could always call on, who would both listen ...

Aussie HNWIs slip down global rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Australia's high-net-worth population slumped in the rankings of a global wealth study as millionaires shifted their portfolio to cash amid share market uncertainty. According to Capgemini's annual World Wealth Report, the number of Australian ...

New features for My AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... wealth management chief client officer Ant Dureau said: "We know that closer engagement with our daily finances can make a big difference to long-term wealth creation. This is made easier with My AMP's new functionality and design." He said the My AMP ...