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Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Australian superannuation funds, on average, have the lowest number of in-house portfolio managers when compared across several global pension systems. Aussie super funds are reported to have an average of 18 in-house portfolio members, well below the ...

Japan still leading APAC offshore investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
While Chinese investment in Australia has received substantial attention over the past few years, Japan is still the biggest Asia-Pacific offshore investor, a new FSC and Perpetual report reveals. The 2016 Australian Investment Managers Cross-Border ...

Private equity firm secures Telstra site for student housing

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
Student accommodation continues to be an attractive asset class in Australia following the most recent purchase from a global private equity fund manager. Gaw Capital purchased the Telstra Building in Perth's CBD through one of its several funds under ...

Super funds must do better digitally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Superannuation funds need to do more digitally in order to attract and retain members, according to Decimal chief executive Nic Pollock. Pollock said the key challenge in the industry at present is the issue of member retention; with an increasing number ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 4.0% in the September quarter. While worse than market expectations for a 2.5% fall, the third quarter figure ...

Lonsec rates BetaShares ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... (managed fund). BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said: "Australian investors are biased to large-caps, in particular the big four banks. This bias can expose portfolios to excessive stock and sector specific risk, and means investors miss out ...

HUB24 acquires specialist fintech

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
HUB24 has entered into an agreement to purchase a provider of financial services data exchange software which currently services about 40% of Australia's stockbroking market. Agility Applications, formed in 2007 by Craig Apps and Paul Biggs, develops ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
US Dallas Fed manufacturing survey Consistent with the significant improvement in recent surveys in the US regions of Philadelphia, Richmond, Kansas City and New York, the Dallas Fed general business activity index surged to a reading of 10.2 in November ...

Bank inquiry recommends breaking big four oligopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... Representatives Standing Committee on Economics' first report in its review of the four major banks has recommended breaking the big four's "oligopoly" and introducing competition into the sector. The report said this could be achieved by either the ...

Instos consider Aussie infrastructure plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Industry superannuation funds and other institutional investors were watching with interest yesterday as the Federal Government unveiled its infrastructure strategy for the next 15 years. Most significant is the government's development of a freight ...