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Australian Unity strengthens Diversified Property Fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
The Australian Unity Diversified Property Fund has purchased an industrial property in Melbourne's south east for $15.1 million. The property, 19 Corporate Avenue, Rowville, is a 20,950 square-metre site which incorporates a modern, 12,300 square-metre ...

SPIVA report shows most active managers beaten by index again

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
The latest S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) scorecard has once again revealed the vast majority of active managers underperform their benchmark. The latest rebalance of the semi-annual report for data to end of June 2015, shows that ...

New laws define inactive super members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... member within the last 12 months. The proposal will allow inactive superannuation accounts to be consolidated in to members' active super accounts without the individuals' consent. The legislation forms part of a 2015-16 Budget measure that aims to remove ...

Equipsuper invests in fintech, robo-advice firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Equipsuper has invested in a fintech startup that will develop the fund's digital advice and investment platform. Clover is a Melbourne-based financial technology company that offers an automated investment service. The platform adopts a goals-based ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... or the objectives." The interesting part for institutions is how they decide to spend their fee budget: "You can go for active fund managers and try to increase alpha, or you can pay less for alpha and spend more on risk management." The rise and fall ...

QSuper investment philosophy revealed

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... fees sit in the lowest quartile for industry, not-for-profit and retail master trusts. It said this has been helped by no active management in traditional listed market mandates; use of cost efficient internal management in setting strategy and non-risk ...

Super funds under growing global pressure to divest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
Funds worth $3.3 trillion have divested from fossil fuel only in the last year. Fossil free activists are not "crazy loonies," but a well-coordinated global movement that is now targeting Australia's superannuation funds. Go Fossil Free, a divestment ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015

The case for super investing in agriculture

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... university's research said as global demand for Australia's agricultural products continues to increase the industry will require active investment at both a domestic and international level. "The majority of current large scale investment has either ...

Aberdeen beefs up local distribution team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... offering in this space and explaining the benefits of our multi-asset funds to Australian investors. He will also play an active role in supporting our highly regarded overseas equity funds to clients and advisers." In Australia, Aberdeen manages around ...