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YBR rejects 'opportunistic' takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... Mercantile Investment said YBR share prices peaked at 12.5 cents. It added that YBR's historical financial and share price performance has been "poor" and accumulated losses of $38.5 million as at 31 December 2017. Its share price has fallen by more ...

Hayne sees red over failed merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... might, in fact, not be able to be guaranteed going forward." "And we're talking about a fund with exceptional performance over a long period of time, and those financial best interests of members were our paramount concern," he said. Industry fund ...

Entertainment spend retains members: Hostplus

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... is one of the best-performing funds, members leave their money with Hostplus "to take advantage of the investment performance of the fund or the insurance features of the fund." From 1 July 2016 to 2018, funds under management for the indexed balanced ...

Pengana LIC profitable again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... returns, but also protect investors against significant negative market events." However, the LIC's investment performance has remained under the benchmark, the MSCI world total returns index, net dividends reinvested in A$. PIA's investments ...

Poor systems delay MySuper transitions: CFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... charges 1.14%. Elkins said the pension product is inclusive of a 60bps trailing commission that explains the poor performance. That leads to the next obvious question, Hodge said, which is why members are paying a trailing commission on cash? Elkins ...

New fund to invest in "clean disruption" tech

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... benchmark. It is charging 0.99% in investment management fees and a cost of the funds under management at 1.71%. The Performance fee is 15% on the amount by which the fund outperforms the benchmark MSCI World net total return index ex Australia in Aussie ...

BNP Paribas product lead joins RBC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... Finally, Gavin Yip joins RBC in the role of associate director, data and analytics. Yip adds more than a decade in the performance and analytics space, joining from State Street where he was vice president and head of investment analytics for Australia. ...

Super fees outpace asset growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... options offered by a small number of funds are significantly cheaper than the default offerings. In terms of investment performance, the SelectingSuper Default/MySuper index delivered 9% for FY18, marking the ninth consecutive positive annual return ...

Royal Commission on social media: Former Treasurer weighs in

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
As the Royal Commission turned its attention to superannuation this week, financial services executives and commentators took to twitter to have their say. The Royal Commission into banking is correct... having multiple super accounts may mean paying ...

Asset consultant expands capital markets team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... dynamic asset allocation advice," Polson said. "We believe asset allocation is the largest contributor to investment performance and are determined to continue to invest in developing our strength in this area." Polson highlighted Naylor's diverse background ...