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Sean Fenton back with Sage Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... fund-type" absolute return fund. The investment style combines quantitative analysis with human-led fundamental company research and an awareness of macroeconomics. Fenton is one of the longest-standing long/short Aussie equities managers in the country ...

Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
A new report is putting forth key reforms needed to make superannuation fairer and more efficient ahead of the Federal Government's review of the retirement income system. The Actuaries Institute outlined a number of reforms needed to help fix the ...

Kogan Super launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... superannuation administration, investment management and consulting services to the super fund. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said the strategic partnership between Kogan and Mercer signal they are serious about this product, which ...

Montgomery to launch small company fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
Montgomery Investment Management will launch a small companies fund in a joint venture with fund managers Gary Rollo and Dominic Rose. The Montgomery Small Companies fund will launch on September 20 after Montgomery struck a joint venture deal that ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
We're now all too familiar with the heightened volatility in financial markets; the slowdown in global economic growth, led by rising expectations for a US recession (and perhaps, Germany); the trade war - US and China, Japan and South Korea; Brexit ...

Chief economist update: Tweeting Trump versus totalitarian Xi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
US president Donald Trump is envious of Chinese president Xi Jinping. Perhaps it's P-envy (I don't have to spell the word, my head will be summarily chopped off), but US President Trump admitted as much about a year and half ago and before he ...

Wealth projection boosts super fund engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... projected estimates to members about their nest egg will likely receive more contributions and increased engagement, new research suggests. The ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) studied the behaviour of about 20,000 Cbus ...

ASIC accelerates enforcement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
In ASIC's latest enforcement update, the regulator has made clear it is accelerating enforcement action now that the Office of Enforcement is open for business. From January to June 2019, 10 individuals were charged in criminal proceedings brought by ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... value of assets in Australia's superannuation system at $2.8 trillion, or about 150% of GDP. According to Rice Warner research, Australian superfunds are also expected to own 20% of all listed Australian companies by 2034. Bragg said this places ...

Short-seller targets infant formula importer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... make lactose intolerant infants sick. The imported goat milk formula in question is from the brand Kabrita. Blue Orca research discovered discrepancies between the way Kabrita is marketed in Europe and the US compared to in China. "Kabrita falsely claims ...