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NFP super funds rise to occasion post-Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... Royal Commission, it is more critical than ever for not-for-profit funds to be exemplary in terms of practices and performance. This was a key message at this year's Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF), which kicked off at the Gold Coast Convention ...

Statewide Super confirms merger talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... will be a complex one, arguably one of the most complex Australia has seen for a long while." Based on three-year performance to January 2019, among all industry and retail MySuper offerings, Statewide ranks ninth while WA Super ranks 62nd. Tasplan isn't ...

Jamieson Coote Bonds introduces global fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... performing as a risk proxy against roughly 70% of emerging markets currencies and seems deeply intertwined with the performance of the Chinese economy, given Australia's heavy reliance on China as a major trade partner." JCB said it has actively ...

Boutique fund manager drops fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... dropping the management fee on its Premium Asia Fund by 45 basis points. This will sit alongside the removal of the performance fee, the firm said. The reduced fees will kick in on 1 July 2019 in what Premium China calls a significant step, given the ...

New NAB chair seeks to ease shareholders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... and short-term," he said. "And we will make sure compensation appropriately reflects the individual and collective performance of the executive team." Chronican said one main focus going forward is earning back consumers' trust, adding the enormity of ...

Bank of Queensland chief risk officer retires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... beginning his career with BOQ as an owner manager. According to Rose, McAnalen's track record in driving business performance in varied roles and his extensive risk and banking experience position him well to guide BOQ through the coming industry changes. ...

BlackRock launches Australian bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... assets, and we believe business-relevant sustainability factors can contribute to a company's long-term financial performance. "Sustainable investing is going mainstream with the support of improved data and technology, including new portfolio analytics ...

Global fund launches in retail market

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... based in China, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan and the UK. Management fees sit at 1.2% (plus GST). It does not charge a performance fee. The fund is co-managed by Loomis Sayles portfolio managers Eileen Riley and Lee Rosenbaum, who are based in Boston. The ...

Market cap funds disappoint investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... vast majority of Australian funds failed to outperform respective benchmarks in 2018 and recorded relatively poor performance compared to the prior year. This is according to the latest S&P Dow Jones Indices' SPIVA Australia Scorecard, which showed nearly ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... active funds, among others, benchmarked against the MSCI would need to buy Chinese shares in order to track their performance against the MSCI benchmark. UBS estimates that this would drive around US$67 billion worth of inflows into China's stock ...