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HESTA and SVA launch impact investment fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... Social Ventures Australia to launch one of the country's biggest impact investment funds. The $32 billion health and community services industry fund has committed $30 million - the largest single commitment to the local impact investment market made ...

Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... reducing dependence on the Age Pension." "Importantly, the white paper also shows that the least wealthy sections of the community, both now and in the future, will continue to be entirely dependent on the Age Pension to maintain even a modest lifestyle," ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... my husband here who's a Canberra boy so it must have been kismet." Wade says running AvSuper is akin to overseeing a community. The mid-sized fund was originally set up for Airservices Australia and Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) employees. AvSuper ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... answers would have been," Rodwell-Ball said. But he added that the fund can't allow concerns from members and the broader community to be a distraction. "We need to focus on the business, on delivering returns for our members and on putting in place ...

Pengana and PanAgora strike new deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... research, equity, George Mussalli, is in Australia this week to meet with the investor, research and investment consulting community. PanAgora Asset Management manages about $53 billion across a range of strategies for over 125 institutional investors ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... involved across the whole investment spectrum." It also gave him an opportunity to "build a rapport" with the stockbroking community, and even though he says he didn't get any job offers out of it, it gave him some background for his next role at stockbroking ...

Fintech start-ups painted as future heroes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... said Stone and Chalk believes the future progress of Australia goes hand in hand with the success of the tech start-up community. More than $12 billion is being invested annually in fintech. "There are many qualities required of a successful entrepreneur ...

AFA Female Excellence semi-finalists named

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... Management (MGSM), recognises and showcases the talents and contributions of women in financial advice to their clients, community and their profession. "We want to encourage all women in our industry to progress and achieve personal fulfilment throughout ...

Below benchmark performance hurts Platinum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... leadership in developing and promoting Platinum's products and investment approach to the investment advisor and planning community." She received $1.1 million, $700,000 of which were bonuses. Kerr Neilson was paid a total of $481,374 and he continued ...

IRESS partners with global broker

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... base in Australia and we welcome them to the IRESS network, which serves a large proportion of the Australian broking community both locally and internationally," IRESS managing director of financial markets for Australia and New Zealand Kirsty Gross ...