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SMSF members want overseas restrictions lifted

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... superannuation fund: It must be established in Australia; fund management and control must be in Australia; and it must pass an "active member" test relating to contributions made to the fund by non-resident active members for taxation purposes, i.e. ...

Industry fund pilots cancer wellness program

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... executive Damien Mu said: "Our partners and their members have told us that it is often a big adjustment transitioning from the active stage of cancer treatment back into a normal routine. When medical support suddenly ceases, the person recovering from ...

FSC calls for inquiry into gig economy and its impact on super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
The changing nature of employment will have dramatic effects on the superannuation industry and retirement incomes. The Federal Government should prepare for the impact now rather than react in haste. This is a key recommendation from the Financial ...

New ETF to combat gender inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
UBS has launched an exchange traded fund supporting companies actively progressing gender equality in the workplace. The Global Gender Equality UCITS ETF is the latest addition to the suite of impact investment products offered by UBS. It will invest ...

US advisers shifting to international equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... take note of the interest in actively managed funds, which may signal a reverse in the recent trend of asset flows from active to passive," he said. By the same token, almost a third (30.4%) of advisers plan to increase allocations to traditional index ...

Australian instos included in top infrastructure deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... globally were made for renewable energy assets. Preqin head of real assets products Tom Carr said 2017 has been another active year for the infrastructure deal making market, an encouraging sign of an expanding asset class. "However, the total value ...

Global asset manager appoints Aussie managing director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... AMG has steadily enhanced our presence in Australia and New Zealand, offering an increasingly diverse array of leading active investment strategies to both institutional and wholesale clients across a growing number of our outstanding affiliates." "Through ...

Financial Standard's top stories of 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... Financial's investment management business PGIM, already has a $3 billion portfolio in Australia and New Zealand, having been active in the region for more than 20 years. 8. HESTA appoints new insurer (26 May) HESTA joined the list of industry superannuation ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... now being packaged. In equities, for example, in the past it was relatively simple to differentiate between indexed and active approaches. But through the introduction of smart beta products that sit at the junction of index management (traditionally ...

Industry names team up for cryptocurrency fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
An Australian hedge fund veteran and former ANZ executive have partnered to launch a new active cryptocurrency fund. The EKT Active Fund has been launched by Triple A Partners' Damien Hatfield and former ANZ head of global markets Steve Bellotti. The ...