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Global investment firm appoints new head of distribution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... expertise in relationship management, understanding of the local market and demonstrated investment knowledge make him the ideal leader for our A/NZ operations," Trueman said. "We are well-placed to continue our success under Darren's leadership." Hall ...

Asset allocation in a post-pandemic world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... JANA's portfolio construction research team and capital markets group, said building diversified portfolios is always the ideal. "However, maintaining adequate risk diversification via headline asset allocation alone will be more difficult with developed ...

Behavioural tools to limit losses, fear

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... solve and think clearly." Time pressure, emotional exhaustion and other stresses all amplify cognitive rigidity, which isn't ideal for financial decision making, she said. "So while you can't remove emotions from the picture, you can help mitigate the ...

Pengana eyes fully franked dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... their full franked dividends, PIA provides an opportunity to investors who are seeking more certainty. "I believe PIA is an ideal vehicle for investors who are seeking an investment with the ability to generate good long term returns which comprise capital ...

Trust in big four improves

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... and counter-terrorism finance laws," chief executive and founder Tim Clover said. "With COVID-19, the banks have had an ideal opportunity to raise their trust levels as the government has asked them to relax some requirements particularly related to ...

Darwinian time for super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... migration as they slow down, I think all funds will be thinking about inorganic growth through mergers." Asked about the ideal size of super funds, Edwards said smaller super funds can thrive, but they need to genuinely offer members a unique value proposition ...

Super CIOs defend illiquid assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... remains bullish on unlisted assets, saying they generate greater returns over the long term. He stressed there was no single, ideal allocation to any risk premium for a particular portfolio, with a fund's demographics a key deciding factor. Miller ...

More super funds will merge: QMV

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... efficiency on early release demand. The possibility that funds could be forced to merge, Forbes acknowledged, is less than ideal. He pointed out that regulators and government may have been frustrated by mergers that have been flagged in the past but ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
The fast-growing custodian is pitching a new ESG analytics tools to local superannuation funds and asset managers to track, compare and benchmark their ESG score. Northern Trust, which is best known in Australia as custodian to a number of public sector ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out. "The volatility associated with COVID-19 may provide active managers the ideal environment in which to outperform," Morningstar said. "Indeed, history has shown us large market dislocations have been ...