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350 tax practitioners under investigation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... more than 30 companies. Another practitioner was hit with a five-year termination for fraudulently lodging income tax returns for several clients. A five-year termination was also handed out for failure to provide evidence of professional indemnity insurance. ...

Irish pension funds reduce equity exposure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... property and infrastructure (4% increase) and hedge funds (up 6%) in an effort to diversify and attempt to deliver better returns. Mercer head of investment consulting Olivier Santamaria said: "While 2019 has so far been marked by cautious optimism ...

Super fund invests through RateSetter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... investment criteria that we follow when adding to our portfolio, and we choose options that we believe will produce superior returns for our members, while also positively impacting the environment," Verwey said. "We're thrilled to be the first super ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... a refreshing approach would be for Government to make reforms which reduce the operating costs of funds to enhance net returns. "It will show that we have a system that is the envy of other countries and which as it matures is delivering substantially ...

Small caps boutique shuts doors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... be cancelled. It charged a 1.5% p.a. management fee plus 15.38% performance fee on the amount by which it exceeded the returns of S&P/ASX Small Ords, according to a PDS from March last year. Last month, another Sydney small caps manager announced its ...

Charter Hall industrial fund scores top Lonsec rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... including maintenance capital expenditure. "Charter Hall's high-quality management team has a track record of delivering solid returns on direct property trusts" and the fund "has a conservative gearing target of 30% to 45% with a current LVR of 33%." ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... trillion of assets. The sample included six respondents from Australia and New Zealand. Sovereign investors recorded 4% in returns in 2018, down from 9% the year before as the equity markets fell. Australia's Future Fund delivered 5.8% in the year ending ...

MySuper lacks risk and return correlation: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... objectives of superannuation funds should be assessed on their own merit as the level of risk does not always directly link to returns. Rainmaker's inaugural RMetrics MySuper report took a deep dive into the relationship between performance and volatility ...

Industry funds surge ahead in satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... simply ranking the performance of the funds." Interestingly, the survey's results don't align with actual performance returns. Hostplus (11th most satisfied members on the survey) is the top-performing fund over three years to March end, according to ...

Asset manager bolsters distribution team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... are grappling with trying to generate income in a very low interest rate environment. Global credit markets offer higher returns with a broad opportunity set with greater diversification and liquidity than the local market," he said.