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NZ Super Fund posts record returns

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund had one of its best years yet posting an annual return of more than 20%. For the 12 months to 30 June 2017, the New Zealand Superannuation Fund turned in a 20.71% (after expenses, before tax) return. This follows ...

Wall Street interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... between US$70 billion and US$90 billion. This is much lower than Bloomberg's earlier estimate of US$200 billion or the Guardian's US$300 billion for Hurricane Irma alone. After all is said and done, it's back to economy watching again. Certainly, the ...

New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
New Zealand's $35 billion sovereign wealth fund is hanging its future on a low-carbon strategy, shifting 40% of its funds away from companies with high exposure to carbon emissions and reserves. As part of the major deviation, Guardians of the New Zealand ...

Regulator bans adviser for seven years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
A former Brisbane-based financial adviser was banned by ASIC for seven years for failures to comply with financial services law, including falsifying insurance applications. The regulator found Robert Gunner contravened financial services law between ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... May expected to boost the Conservatives' slim majority of 17 seats to as much as 140 based on current polls (as 'The Guardian' newspaper reports citing "election expert Michael Thrasher). Instead, and akin to the Brexit referendum result, UK voters once ...

Future Fund investment mandate revised

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
From 1 July the Future Fund will have an investment mandate that targets a return of CPI plus four to five per cent. Overnight the Federal Government registered a revised investment mandate for the Future Fund, better reflecting global investment market ...

Trustee Partners crosses the ditch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... provides the firm with access to the New Zealand trustee market. Under the deal, Trustee Partners now owns Perpetual Guardian, Guardian Trust, Covenant Trustee Services and New Zealand Trustee Services. "We're attracted to New Zealand because of favourable ...

Mercer wins $250m NZ mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... restructure of the fund's governance structure after council officers recommended a full outsourced model, overseen by a guardian entity, in August last year. Under the new model, PIF manager Taranaki Investment Management Limited (TIML) would become ...

NSW government pins fintech job hopes to H2 Ventures

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... Morrison and has the backing of financial industry heavyweights including Link Group chairman Michael Carapiet, Perpetual Guardian founder Andrew Barnes, Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes, AfterPay executive chairman Anthony Eisen, Ratesetter ...

FSC speaks out against elder financial abuse

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
The Financial Services Council affirmed its support of the Australian Law Reform Commission's proposed amendments to help combat elder abuse. The FSC commended the commission's development of a national plan to address elder abuse, particularly a reform ...