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Future Fund to manage new drought fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... and the Public Service Mathias Cormann said the fund will kick off with $3.9 billion and grow to $5 billion over the next decade. "From 1 July 2020, $100 million will be directed annually to fund a wide range of drought resilience projects, while the ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... markets research Philip Lawlor says the role of the index provider is changing shape rapidly, particularly in the last decade. It's evolved from a "number cruncher" function to becoming more involved in investment strategy and a partnership-based ...

For-profit lobbying leads to $53bn problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees believes carve-outs in superannuation reform designed to benefit the for-profit super sector are posing big problems for Australia's retirement system. Latest research from the AIST and UTS corporate ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... from excess franking credits, going up to $6.9 billion in 2027-28. The government is expecting a modest surplus after a decade of deficits but Grattan said long-term spending pressures and changing demographics will exert pressure on the tax base. The ...

Government allows domestic violence victims early super access

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
Domestic violence victims will get early access to their superannuation. Delivering the Women's Economic Security Statement at the National Press Club today, Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations and Minister for Women, Kelly O'Dwyer announced ...

AMP Capital expands ESG investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... London and Hong Kong. From January 1, Adrian Williams becomes ESG director, real estate and listed equities. For the past decade Williams has held senior roles within AMP Capital's real estate business, including head of corporate responsibility and ...

TCorp finalises restructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... quantitative analysis for Australian equities. Derek Mock joins TCorp as a senior portfolio manager following more than a decade at Mercer where he was a principal consultant. Mock advised large industry clients on broad aspects of building and managing ...

Warakirri expands investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
The Melbourne-based boutique manager has added two consultants to its agriculture investment team. Warakirri Asset Management has appointed Peter Best as a senior investment specialist. He has more than three decades of experience in agriculture, working ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... returns will more likely mean a return to the norm rather than the extremely buoyant levels experienced from much of the past decade," the fund said. Think carefully before switching to more conservative options: ASFA Expected long-term returns for Australian ...

Enforceable undertakings are effective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... one person (Trio Capital director David Millhouse) and disqualified 133 people for not being fit and proper in the last decade. APRA prefers not to escalate matters to the administrative appeals tribunal (AAT) or the courts because proceedings take too ...