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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 ...

Top pension funds slide for first time since GFC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Total assets of the 300 largest pension funds worldwide fell for the first time since the beginning of the global financial crisis, according to Willis Towers Watson research. The P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 300 report shows that in 2015, total ...

Negative rates can generate positive returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
QSuper has positioned about one-fifth of its investment portfolio in fixed income with the view it diversifies against equities and prepares for ongoing global monetary policy shifts. The fund's head of investment strategy, Damian Lillicrap, said QSuper ...

CBA offers $9.4m in compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
CBA has provided an update on its Open Advice Review, saying it has offered $9.4 million in compensation to customers. The bank contacted 350,000 at the review's outset, 8,600 of whom requested a review. So far, 5,300 of those requested assessments ...

Future Generation marks first year with strong performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Future Generation Investment Company (FGX) and Future Generation Global Investment Company (FGG) have delivered their first full year results. FGX has reported a 28.6% lift in after-tax profit, jumping to $14.62 million from $11.37 million last year. ...

Frontier appoints associate

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Asset consultant Frontier Advisors has hired a new associate, marking the tenth consulting team appointment in the past year and expanding the firm's staff to 54. Joining Frontier from 26 September is Madeline Chelper. She will be involved across a ...

Mastering the art of ignoring crises

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
The promise of outsized - but very infrequent - returns in financial markets can, like casinos, lead investors to trade in ways that destroys their wealth. That's the view of Capital Fund Management president Philippe Jordan who says investors who get ...

MySuper insurance widely misunderstood

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
A lack of understanding around aspects of insurance within MySuper could lead to big problems down the track, according to a panel discussion at the recent Workplace Super Specialists Australia (WSSA) annual conference. During a panel session entitled ...

Link seeks admin margin improvement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
Link Group says it is on track to migrate AustralianSuper's administration services from Superpartners by year's end, completing the last significant client migration in a two-year integration program. During the past financial year Link Group successfully ...

Prime subsidiary acquires accounting firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
Prime Financial Group subsidiary MPR Group has acquired an accounting firm, expanding its accounting footprint in the process. Prime already had a minority interest in Melbourne-based Watermans International, but as part of MPR's strategic growth plan ...