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Greg Sword resigns as CEO of LUCRF Super

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... Australia (AM) for service and leadership in the union movement and community. He is a board member of the Victorian Endowment for Science Knowledge and Innovation (VESKI), a member of the St Vincent's Advisory Council and a Trustee of the Caulfield ...

Costello named Future Fund chair

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... Poynton also previously served as a director of the Export Finance Insurance Corporation, a member of the Higher Education Endowment Fund and served as a member of the Payment Systems Board of the RBA. Both men have been appointed to their positions ...

ANU fund adopts ethical investment guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... investments that involve substantial social injury," he said. The ANU investment fund, as distinct to the university's endowment fund, was established in 1968 and is primarily responsible for managing the university's commonwealth superannuation scheme ...

Perpetual encourages women writers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
Perpetual has awarded Australian women writers through the Kibble Awards, an initiative managed by its charitable trust that consolidates its position after 20 years in the philanthropy space. Perpetual Philanthropic Services recently announced that ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Australian financial services firm Macquarie Group is the world's largest investor in alternative assets with almost $95 billion invested in infrastructure, according to research by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Total assets managed by the ...

Fossil fuel companies to be rendered 'worthless': IMPAX

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Investments in companies focused on fossil fuels could be rendered 'worthless' in the face of falling demand and tighter global regulation on carbon dioxide emissions, according to IMPAX Asset Management, which said new research shows that exposure ...

Former ING DIRECT BDM joins EBX

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
Former ING DIRECT national business development manager Carolan Ibbotson has joined Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) as senior business development manager. Ibbotson will manage the marketing of Endowment Bond Exchange to advisory practices in Queensland ...

Tyndall launches fund for low-tax rate instos

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... has made its Australian Share Concentrated strategy available to zero or low tax rate institutions such as charities, endowment funds and super funds, with the launch of a new fund. The new Tyndall Australian Share Concentrated Income fund - LT uses ...

Endowment bond product frees SMSFs to add risk

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The steady stream of reliable income provided by endowment bonds provides self-funded retirees with the certainty to take greater risk elsewhere in their portfolios, according to Endowment Bond Exchange (EBX) chief executive officer Stephen Duchesne. ...

No scale effect in US endowment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
A 2012 study into US endowment fund returns revealed that investment scale is not a strong factor for determining investment outcomes. The 2012 National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and Commonfund Institute's Study ...