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New fund to invest in "clean disruption" tech

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
An investment platform led by former Macquarie bankers has launched a new thematic fund that will invest in listed companies that produce and utilise clean disruption technology. AtlasTrends was founded in 2015. Since then, two of its three funds have ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Emerging markets continue to feel the heat from Turkey's roasting and so do several European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB) can only count its blessings that Turkey is not Greece. It has applied, but Turkey is not (yet) a member of the ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
Think it's called a "swan dive" not a "Turkey" dive but this is exactly what the Turkish lira did over the past week as it engaged the world's biggest superpower into a diplomatic stoush. "I fought the law and the law won." - The Clash America ...

Funds SA appoints chair, director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
The $30 billion public fund manager has chosen a former UniSuper head of public markets to chair its board, while another investment veteran is joining the board as a director. Both spots opened up when former South Australia Deputy Premier and Treasurer ...

Chief economist update: Betting on down rather than up?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
"...the next move in the OCR could be up or down". This was a fair enough hedged bet from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) - more like the oft-repeated statements from other central banks saying "the risks are evenly balanced" - but Governor Adrian ...

Commitment to ethical investing booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
The majority of professionally managed funds in Australia are committed to responsible and ethical investments - a market that is close to approaching $1 trillion. Joint research from KPMG and Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) shows ...

MLC MySuper investment budget was tight-fisted: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
NULIS Nominees resisted increasing its spend on investment management, despite opinions from its super fund portfolio manager and asset consultant that its current investment fee budget wasn't adequate to boost the performance of its lagging MLC ...

IOOF continues organic growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
IOOF is celebrating record financial results, driven largely by its financial advice and platforms businesses and the execution of multiple acquisitions as recent as June. IOOF reported a record underlying profit after tax of $191.4 million for FY18 ...

Farmers should urgently access super: Advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
Financial planners can help embattled farmers in drought stricken areas to urgently access their superannuation by lobbying the Federal Government for changes to super hardship policy. Certified Financial Planners Julie Matheson and Peter Roan are proposing ...

NULIS names new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
NULIS Nominees has appointed a new chair, replacing Nicole Smith, who is due to appear before the financial services Royal Commission this week. According to the latest NULIS Nominees Executive Officer Disclosure, Peter Promnitz was appointed as chair ...