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Hunter Hall veteran launches new business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... investment strategy for all three funds at Hunter Hall was changed to replicate the strategy and processes of the Pengana International Equities Fund (PIEF), employing a 'benchmark-unaware' strategy with freedom to invest across all international equity ...

Chief economist update: The risks just got real

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... aluminium) this week and there's certain retaliation from trading partners. You can forget the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) rosy, glowing global growth forecasts too for the risks to their projections just became real. ...

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... issues for the insurance industry, and these have been felt by QBE in recent years. LGS is a strong advocate of the international TCFD framework for the disclosure of climate risks, and we encourage QBE, along with other companies, to use the framework ...

LGIAsuper bolsters infrastructure investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... the long-term interests of our members, we'll consider it," he said. Rundle said while LGIAsuper's Australian and international equity portfolios were the mainstays of the fund's performance, infrastructure and other diversifying assets played an important ...

Contribution cap reforms see SMSFs spend cash

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... fund cash balances fell to a two year low in the December 2017 quarter as trustees allocated more to Australian and international equities. Latest insights from SuperConcepts show cash levels dropped to 17.3% in December from a peak of 19.8% six months ...

Kerr Neilson steps down as Platinum chief

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... Andrew Clifford will assume Neilson's role. He will also take over full portfolio management duties for the Platinum International Fund; Platinum's other global equity strategies and mandates will be managed jointly by Clifford and Clay Smolinski. "It ...

L1 Capital prepares for LIC IPO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... an absolute return fund investing in a highly diversified portfolio of long and short positions in Australian and international equities. Since its inception in September 2014, the fund has delivered stellar after-fee returns of 36.9% p.a. and 184.7% ...

BetaShares shareholder buys $13 billion fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... the resources of a large global financial institution, enabling it to continue expanding its thematic, income and international ETF solutions and to broaden its distribution capabilities. "Mirae Asset has the client and employee-centric culture we want ...

Don't blame ETFs: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... remained somewhat constant except for the tech bubble and the global financial crisis." According to the Institute of International Finance (IIF), whatever the catalyst for the recent equity market selloff may have been, rising global yields remain an ...

Copia appoints new CFO from Mutual Trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... the OC Premium Small Companies Fund, OC Dynamic Equity fund, OC Micro-Cap Fund, Vertium Equity Income Fund, Odey International Fund, Chester High Conviction Fund, Apollo Global Equity Fund, Pilgrim Global Equity Fund and Pilgrim DW Equities Fund to OneVue. ...