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UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... allocations are tilted towards Australian government bonds, state bonds (where it doesn't invest West of Melbourne, in mining states) and supranational bonds. But last March, it seeded a sophisticated/wholesale investor-only strategy that invests ...

Norwegian pension fund drops WHSP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... criteria for exclusion through section 2, part 2 of the fund's exclusion guidelines. The guidelines stipulate that any mining companies or power producers deriving 30% or more of their income from thermal coal or basing 30% or more of their operations ...

8IP signs on Sanlam Private Wealth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... Companies Limited. The LIC holds 20-30 stocks with a market cap of $20 million to $500 million. Top holdings include Bounty Mining, Megaport and Cooper Energy. In 2015, Series purchased Sanlam's majority stake bringing the staff ownership to 100% at ...

Budget surplus unlikely as economy stalls: Fitch

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... fatigue through increased federal expenditure. They say this is an attempt to "support the economy going into 2020." The mining industry is also expected to face economic fatigue heading into the 2019/20 financial year. This is a consequence of China's ...

Equip wins $190m superannuation mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... financial year to 187, reflecting efforts to reach as many Rio Tinto members that traditionally work in the resources and mining sector scattered in remote locations. There are now more than 74,300 members - an increase of 61% compared to the prior y ...

LGIAsuper deputy chief executive departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... appointed to the dual role in 2015. Before joining LGIAsuper, Harcla was general manager of Queensland Coal and Oil Shale Mining Industry Superannuation Fund. He left that role in 2005 when the fund merged with COALSUPER Retirement Income Fund. Together ...

Hiring continues but wage growth under pressure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... property prices across the country has also failed to dent the employment outlook across the sector, ManpowerGroup said. The mining and construction sector has the strongest employment outlook at 22%, while sentiment in the wholesale and retail sector ...

Andrew Hagger to lead investment, philanthropy group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... Andrew Hagger is appointed as chief executive of Minderoo Group, a charitable foundation and investment business owned by mining magnate Andrew Forrest and wife Nicola. Hagger will relocate to Perth to start his new role in mid-March, leading both the ...

Member outreach boosts post-merger integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... financial year to 187, reflecting efforts to reach as many Rio Tinto members that traditionally work in the resources and mining sector scattered in remote locations. There are now more than 74,300 members - an increase of 61% compared to the prior year. ...

Chief economist update: Bottom line slows down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... +19.8%). While profits in some industries continued to grow, growth's slower than the previous three-month period: mining (+3.4% in the September quarter from +5.2% in the June quarter); financial and insurance services (+1.3% from +12.1%). Companies ...