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Super changes to widen super gender gap: IOOF

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
Changes to superannuation will deliver another setback to an adequate retirement for women, according to senior technical services manager at IOOF, Pam Roberts. Following the May 2016 budget there have been countless objections to the changes such as ...

No progress on super wealth gap in 12 years

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
The gap in superannuation balances between the rich and the poor and also between men and women has shown little sign of narrowing in the last 12 years, according to the latest annual Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey. ...

Nikko hires regional sales manager from BlackRock

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Nikko Asset Management has appointed a new regional sales manager for New South Wales and Queensland. Thira Ngoeun joins Nikko from BlackRock, where he was vice president - research relationship manager. Prior to that, he was a model portfolio manager ...

UK pensions not fussed about in-housing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
While large Australian institutions such as AustralianSuper and HOSTPLUS are increasingly turning to in-housing of their investment capabilities, the UK pensions industry remains fairly comfortable farming out management of its assets to third-party ...

Super fund asset class performance disappoints

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
The performance of superannuation funds' individual asset class options has not been as robust as one might expect, according to the latest performance analysis by Rainmaker, bringing into question how effective the active management investment strategies ...

Tribeca announces new appointment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
Tribeca Investment Partners has created a new role to co-manage the portfolio of its Tribeca Global Natural Resources Fund. Joining Tribeca as the portfolio co-manager is Craig Evans. Based in Sydney, Evans will be responsible for building on the absolute ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Is it still April Fool's or what? We all know it's just for a day - the 1st of April - but exactly two weeks after, the sun is shining, the sky is blue and everything's looking wonderful for me and you. Yes Virginia, financial markets - or more accurately ...

Lack of scaleability curbs hedge fund appeal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Hedge funds are too nuanced to be scaled and investors shouldn't try to assemble them into portfolios, said a leading alternatives investment manager. "Investing in a hedge fund is a collectors' business. You're not building a portfolio but a collection ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... we're just going to end up back here anyway?" But the point is that this lift-off would create new economic and market dynamics - good or bad, I'm not sure, but certainly different from the ones the fed unconventional policies created. If it's bad, then ...

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
Too bad for Wall Street, the closing bell has already rung even before US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen uttered her first word on "Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy" at the At the Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture, University of Massachusetts ...