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Brexit - the Australian connection

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
Just like almost all other equity markets around the world, Australia's stock market took a beating from the United Kingdom's unexpected vote to leave the European Union (EU) at the referendum held on 23 June 2016. The All Ordinaries index dropped by ...

Bloomberg partners with DFAT for health program

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
Bloomberg Philanthropies has partnered with 18 countries to provide technical assistance and funding to gather citizens' health data. Originally launched in partnership with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Data for Health ...

ASIC to foster fintech growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has established a Digital Finance Advisory Committee (DFAC) that will meet for the first time next month and advise the regulator on engagement with fintech businesses. DFAC forms one part ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
You call that QE? This is QE! Haruhiko Kuroda san's debut at the helm of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) shocked and awed financial markets for he delivered much more than even the most optimistic had been expecting. Yes Virginia, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has ...

MLC removes managers

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... Long-Term Absolute Return portfolio, said Peter Sumner, MLC Investment Management portfolio manager. Balanced Equity Management, DFA Australia, Maple-Brown Abbott and Northward Capital have each been removed from the Australian shares strategy in both ...

Asset Super awards mandates

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... Mercer Sentinel has been appointed transition manager to undertake the transfer of the investments into the Schroders and DFA pooled trusts. Asset has also reduced its hedging ratio on international equity portfolios from 40 per cent to 35 per cent based ...

LUCRF Super appoints global eq managers

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2010
Industry fund LUCRF Super has appointed Arrowstreet Capital LP, MFS Investment Management and DFA Australia (Dimensional) as its new international equity managers. The appointments follow the fund's international equity review, which is part of an overall ...

Alaska SWF tips $1bn into investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... GMO being approved as a real return manager. GMO was given between $250 million and $500 million. Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), a global small cap manager, was also approved by the board for two small cap mandates worth more than $200 million each. ...

Clay Finlay re-invents growth

... joining Clay Finlay, she was principal at US asset consultant Wilshire Associates, vice president at Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) and pensions and investments manager at PepsiCo. "For 21 years, I've looked at money managers as part of my responsibility ...

Intech shifts focus to after-tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... the trust's active managers in lag through a centralised dealing desk. Intech has also appointed Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) to a value-oriented tax-based mandate. "Our work on after-tax investing has highlighted significant additional benefits that ...