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Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015

Australian superannuation funds should not be worrying about their local counterparts and be more concerned with what international pension funds are doing as competition for assets continues to grow. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015

... process. Which is why, when he was offered a similar role at AMP Capital, it was a natural fit. He stayed with AMP Capital for around three years, but when he was offered the opportunity to build Schroders' presence in Victoria from the ground up, he ...

QIC raises $1 billion for infrastructure fund

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015

QIC has raised $1 billion in new capital for its unlisted Global Infrastructure Fund (QGIF), reaching roughly 50% of its target. Investors in the fund include Hostplus as well as "an Asian sovereign wealth fund, one of China's leading insurers and two ...

Super pool reducing Aussie reliance on foreign capital: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015

... difficulty finding funding during the global financial crisis (GFC), superannuation funds provided an important source of capital for Australian companies refinancing during the GFC," Vamos said. ASFA also recently welcomed the appointment of Christopher ...

ANZ taps clean investing with green bond issue

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015

... bond's maturity. "We have developed the bond in response to investor demand and to deliver on our commitment to deploy capital for the transition to a lower-carbon economy," ANZ Group treasurer Rick Moscati said. This is the second issuance of a green ...

Perennial to raise capital for Aussie equities LIC

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015

Perennial Value Management is set to launch its Wealth Defender Equities to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) as a listed investment company (LIC). The fund follows Perennial's Wealth Defender investment strategy, based on a diversified portfolio ...

Perpetual names new head of equities

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015

... in an operations role, moving into the dealing team and working his way to head dealer. He moved to CPH/Ellerston Capital for seven years where he was responsible for Australian and global long-short strategies, before rejoining Perpetual as portfolio ...

Centric selects Maverick Capital for $50 million allocation

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015

Findex-owned Centric Wealth (Centric) has invested $50 million in international equities with Maverick Capital following a global equity manager review, it announced today. Maverick Capital, based in the US, was founded in 1993 and has over $9 billion ...

The Future Fund is not a super fund: Costello

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014

... does not measure its performance against peers. It is not there to support industries or sectors. It is there to grow capital for the government." Unlike super funds, the Future Fund pays no tax at all. "The Future Fund is owned by the government. There ...

AMP debt fund beats target with US$1.1 billion final close

STAFF WRITER | THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014

... Corporation and US power generation facility Astoria Project Partners. "Our focus now is on deploying the remainder of the capital for IDF II and continuing to manage the assets of our first and second debt funds," Jones said. AMP Capital's first infrastructure ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN

Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA

A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI

Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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