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Majority of active managers underperforming: S&P

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
The majority of active Australian fund managers underperformed their relevant indices in FY16, according to the Mid-Year 2016 S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Australia Scorecard. The research, issued bi-annually, tracks about 1000 ...

Myer Family Investments chair to retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... continue the regeneration of MFI where new leaders will continue the 90-year-old company's growth strategy into the next decade."

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... term." The same forces driving the demand are also responsible for major pension reforms across the region over the last decade; designed to encourage the development and sustainability of the corporate pension market to guarantee old age income support ...

Infrastructure investment will top $40 trillion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Global asset manager VanEck believes a shortfall in global infrastructure over the past three decades will drive a US$40 trillion investment in the sector by 2030. The view is presented in VanEck's latest global infrastructure white paper which explains ...

JP Morgan renews DCC mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
JP Morgan has won a mandate, allowing the firm to continue to deliver direct custody and clearing (DCC) for one of its long-standing clients in Australia and New Zealand. Following a competitive tender and due diligence process, JP Morgan was reappointed ...

Super funds must harvest farmland

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
A global real assets manager believes there are significant tailwinds for institutional investors placing capital in agriculture over the coming years, provided the approach is diversified and global. TIAA Global Real Assets managing director John Goodreds ...

Lower pay offset by persistent bonuses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... Average fixed pay for chief executives in ASX100 companies has fallen by 3.3% to $1.86 million, its lowest level in almost a decade. The fall was even larger across the entire ASX200, dropping by 4.6%, with CEOs taking home an average $1.51 million (before ...

NAB dispels housing bubble "toil and trouble"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
A NAB executive played down fears of a housing crisis in Australia at an Actuaries Institute seminar. Speaking at the seminar in Sydney, NAB's global head of research for the global markets division Peter Jolly said that while Australian real estate ...

Sunsuper continues push into adviser market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... previously worked in specialist roles with Westpac/St George and as a BDM for La Trobe Financial, while Burke has over a decade of experience as a financial adviser and has previously held roles with Citibank and Entrust Solutions and served as the Queensland ...

Parliament goes to war on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... tests when parliament resumes next week, following opposition plans to amend some of the biggest changes to super in a decade. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten wants the $500,000 lifetime cap on non-concessional super contributions to apply from Budget ...