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Altius flags key appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
Altius Asset Management, wholly owned by Australian Unity as of January, flagged two senior appointments and an open position in a June fund update. First, Yen Wong has joined Altius as head of credit research. She was previously deputy head of global ...

Queensland DB super liabilities tipped to fall 18pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
Queensland's public sector superannuation liability is expected to fall $7 billion over the next five years, and this is despite the state's defined benefit scheme surplus being partially repatriated. The figures were published in the Queensland Government ...

Short selling is 'smart money': Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Even though short sellers found it tough to generate absolute returns in 2016, the strategy remains an important source of returns for Australian shares long-short fund managers. A study by investment research firm Zenith found profiting from short ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Yesterday's NAB Monthly Business Survey report confirmed that the first quarter slowdown in Australia's economic growth (to 1.7% from 2.4% in the December quarter) was anything but transitory. Although the business conditions index dipped by one point ...

Pohl retires from LIC board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
Industry veteran Dr Manny Pohl is stepping down from the board of small-to-mid cap listed investment company Barrack St Investments effective 30 June 2017. Dr Pohl's boutique Australian equity house, ECP Asset management, founded the LIC in 2014 to ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
What UK Prime Minister Theresa May expected as a landslide win at the snap 8 June general elections turned out to be a slide at the polls for the Conservatives instead. The British prime minister intended to secure her Brexit mandate when she announced ...

EQT appointed RE for $5.9bn manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
Equity Trustees was selected as the responsible entity for a boutique global and emerging market equities manager. GQG Partners, launched in June 2016 and backed by Pacific Current Group, has already attracted more than $1 billion - out of a total of ...

Private equity firm confirms $2.2bn bid

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
Global private equity firm KKR has made a $2.2 billion buyout proposal for an Australian telecoms operator. The proposal to acquire Vocus Group is subject to a number of conditions, including KKR being satisfied with due diligence, available financing ...

Former MLC chief retires from Perpetual LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
The chair of Perpetual's first listed investment company, the Perpetual Equity Investment Company (PIC), will retire on June 30 having served in the role since the LIC commenced trading in 2014. Peter Scott, who is formerly both the chair of Perpetual ...

Females dominating non-concessional contributions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
Women are more likely to make non-concessional contributions into their superannuation than men, new insights show. A new report from Vanguard analysing data from Sunsuper's membership of over one million Australians shows that 60% of members making ...