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Super fund names new portfolio manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... industry superannuation fund is continuing its in-house investment capability, adding a portfolio manager to the internal equities team. Joining Cbus is Morten Frederiksen. He has more than 15 years' global equities and funds management experience across ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... growth rate of 5.6% over the decade - defined benefit assets grew 2.6%. The study also identified a fall in allocations to equities and bonds over the past 20 years which was countered by greater allocations to alternatives. Australia also has the second ...

Suncorp vet joins Westpac subsidiary

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... been a director at GPT Metro Office Fund, Sunsuper and Australian Ethical, and spent seven years at Suncorp as manager, equities. "The Hastings' directors look forward to working closely with Justine as we continue to implement the Hastings' strategy ...

Hedge funds riding wave of uncertainty: AIMA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Capitalising on uncertainty in global markets, hedge funds outperformed bonds and equities on a risk-adjusted basis throughout 2016. New research from the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and Preqin found that over the year, hedge ...

AAT upholds adviser appeal against ASIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal upheld an appeal by Tony Davidof, a former Macquarie Equities accredited derivatives adviser, against the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. In 2015, ASIC banned Davidof from providing financial services ...

Former Fidelity chief joins boutique manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... to lead a dynamic and growing business. "The firm has enormous potential to expand its investor base as we offer our equities and fixed income investment strategies more broadly," Ohlsson said. Supervised Investments Australia is privately-owned firm ...

SQM backs active Indian equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
An actively-managed Indian equities fund received a "superior" rating from SQM Research. India Avenue Investment Management's India Avenue Equity Fund, which launched in September 2016, is domiciled in Sydney and benefits from research expertise both ...

Economic headwinds lead Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... Capital Markets chief economist and head of Australian research, Su Lin Ong AXA Investment Managers head of Framlington Equities, Asia, Mark Tinker Master of Ceremonies and renowned economist Saul Eslake Trump, Brexit and European elections, ongoing ...

Decimal secures funding from $72bn consortium

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... following a $2.29 million capital raising and partnerships with Energy Super, QSuper and Mercer. IFM's head of active equities, Neil Carter, said IFM made the investment because "the superannuation market knows that members are increasingly demanding ...

BetaShares develops new ethical ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... sustainable and ethical companies in one trade. The BetaShares Global Sustainability Leader ETF (ETHI) is the first global equities ETF available via the ASX using a broad set of ethical eligibility screens. Investing in 100 global climate change leaders ...