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Former Goldman Sachs exec charged over $62m bribery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... wealth funds Leissner did business with was the 1Malaysia Development Berhard (1MDB), a Malaysian government owned investment fund that was famously misappropriated by Low Taek Jho (Jho Low). The SEC alleges that bribes to Malaysian officials enabled ...

CFS culls grandfathered commissions, slashes fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... manager is starting the phase out of grandfathered commissions with a small slice of the 22 funds in its Managed Investment Fund (MIF) lineup, which together have about $3.5 billion invested in them. Starting March next year, CFS will turn off grandfathered ...

The secret to super outperformance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
New research from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has revealed Australian superannuation funds that engage in responsible investing are outperforming their peers. The report looked at one, three and five-year time frames and ...

Sargon opens door to trustee tech

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
Sargon has announced its full-stack trustee technology will launch as a Software as a Service (SaaS) offering for superannuation trustees in Australia and New Zealand. The financial technology and infrastructure company said its Sargon Trustee Cloud ...

ASIC probes Regal Funds Management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... trading in certain securities. The confirmation comes just a day after trading was halted on the firm's Regal Investment Fund at the request of responsible entity Equity Trustees (EQT), after it was informed of the investigation earlier in the day. "The ...

Tropical theme Ponzi scheme busted

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
Small business owners and seniors in Florida have been the victim of a tropical themed Ponzi scheme that is now under investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC announced that it has filed an emergency action and obtained a ...

WA Super awards $20mn mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... state. WA Super has partnered with Impact Investment Group to create the $20 million WA Impact Fund, a new impact investment fund which will invest only in Western Australian opportunities, with a mandate to achieve "commercial returns" and measureable ...

Future Fund returns 1.9% for the quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... will commence therefore from 1 October 2019," Future Fund said in the portfolio update. The $4 billion Education Investment Fund has a one-year return of 2.1% against benchmark 2% return. The $4 billon Future Drought Fund, which was transferred assets ...

Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... offices favoured real assets and investment managers favoured private equity or venture capital. Impact specific investment fund managers also favoured private equity and venture capital. Trusts, foundations and not-for-profits favoured private debt. ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
The Ethical Advisers' Co-op has re-released its fund ratings in the lead up to Ethical Investment Week, with some surprising results. The co-op rates superannuation and investment funds by asking the individual advisers that make up the group to ...