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Zenith awards Bennelong fund highest rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... Macquarie Wrap, FirstWrap and Federation. Managed by Bennelong Australia Equity Partners the fund offers investors a mix of active and passive management within the one fund structure and aims to provide a cost effective means of accessing the wider ...

Multi-asset mandate reflects investment environment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Russell Investments winning a $400 million multi-asset mandate from Netwealth reinforces an increasing demand for the investment strategy in a lower for longer environment. The mandate will see Russell manage Netwealth's actively managed diversified ...

CSC announces three new directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... committee and deputy chair of the Defence Force case assessment panel. He is a member of the Royal Australian Air Force Active Reserve following a distinguished career over three decades in the permanent Air Force from 1978 to 2015. His military service ...

ASIC drops Macquarie AFSL conditions

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
ASIC has removed the additional conditions placed on Macquarie Bank's Australian financial service licence (AFSL) following KPMG's review of the company. KPMG was engaged by Macquarie in April 2016 to undertake an external expert review of the effectiveness ...

Asset manager launches quant platform after acquisition

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... a UK-based firm to launch its new long-only and alternatives quantitative investing platform, as well as diversify its active management capabilities. GAM is buying Cantab Capital Partners with an upfront cash payment of US$217 million ($291 million) ...

Chinese and Dutch investment giants explore long-term alliance

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... government and education employees, and one of the largest pension funds in the world. E Fund Management, meanwhile, provides active equity, index, fixed income and diversified strategies for Chinese mutual funds and manages over $181 billion in assets. ...

Supreme Court makes China Growth Fund EGM ruling

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
The Supreme Court ruled against voting rights for one of the biggest shareholders of the AMP Capital China Growth Fund at the upcoming extraordinary general meeting (EGM) in July. AMP Life, which holds roughly 36% of units in the China Growth Fund on ...

Super insurance premiums rise again

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
Insurance premiums within superannuation have increased again across the market resulting in reduced value for members, according to the latest research report from Rainmaker. On average, premium rates for the standard Death and TPD cover increased ...

NZ Super seeks factor investing strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... value, and "there is a relative shortage of outright good investment opportunities." "Consequently, we are taking on less active investment risk than a year ago. The fund currently has a below average number of investments outside its low-cost, listed ...

Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... those factors in markets." "It occupies that middle ground between true market cap based passive and true alpha generating active. The industry in some cases has managed to sell systematic factors as active or alpha in the past. We think there's an opportunity ...