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Super funds snap up local renewable asset

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... Australia's largest industry superannuation funds have joined forces to purchase a South Australian wind farm capable of generating enough energy to power more than 140,000 homes each year. HESTA and First State Super have partnered with independent ...

J.P. Morgan predicts extended income squeeze

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... market strategist Kerry Craig. "Alternative assets are going to become more important in filling the pool of income generating assets and improving risk-adjusted returns." Cash return forecasts in most major currencies were assessed by J.P. Morgan as ...

Tropical theme Ponzi scheme busted

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... false reports to investors to conceal their fraudulent conduct and give the investors the false impression they were generating positive returns. Court documents filed by the SEC claim investors lost between US$25,000 and US$1.1 million since 2014. The ...

FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... investment with them." Amid the share market volatility, spiraling global debt, interest rate worries and difficulty in generating yield, the firm cut its 80% equity exposure to 40% and sits firmly in an asset allocation dominated by fixed interest. ...

Former Prime Minister joins global investment firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... The firm said its $743 million impact investing fund presents the strategic opportunity to expand this impact while generating strong returns for investors, guided by the council. Gillard said she believes the world needs to transition to better forms ...

Chief economist update: RBA rate cut outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... RBA's recent rate cuts - in June, July and October - aren't just producing diminishing returns, they're generating undesired outcomes by raising the level of pessimism among Australian businesses and consumers as evidenced by the latest NAB ...

Technology coming for advice jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... more and more efficient and more and more accurate," Steller said. He used the example of Nod, an AI driven document generating bot that is able to prepare a Statement of Advice. The Nod bot generates in seconds what takes paraplanners hours or even ...

CFS awards Asian equities mandate

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... investments Scott Tully referenced CFS's FirstChoice Asian Share Portfolio, which "has a 12-year track record of generating strong returns by investing in the Asia Pacific region." "We see Robeco as a high quality investment manager that complements ...

Super trustees must do better: Byres

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... round of work already undertaken saw the regulator notify a number of funds of APRA's belief they were "potentially" generating poor outcomes. "Given the limitations of the exercise, we didn't publish the data, but did share it with the trustees concerned," ...

Colchester launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... Global Investors has launched its new Emerging Markets Bond Fund for financial advisers to diversify within the income-generating allocations of client portfolios. Colchester's head of distribution for Australia, Angela MacPherson, said: "Relative to ...