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Market Vectors Property ETF receives SQM rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
The Market Vectors Australian Property ETF has received a four-star superior rating from SQM Research. Market Vectors ETFs is the exchange traded fund business of Van Eck Global. "The rating confirms the robust nature of our Market Vectors Australian ...

AMP Capital introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
AMP Capital has announced it will screen out companies with a material exposure to fossil fuels in its Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) range of funds, in response to client demand. The RIL Charter of Operation will now screen out companies that ...

Going solo: Australian equity houses at risk of talent exodus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... value. "The consensus view is that Australian shares are close to fair value but there are still opportunities for skilful active managers to add value," da Silva said. "The difference between the best and worst performing small cap manager in the past ...

T. Rowe Price partners with BT and Mosaic

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... clients,"A SFG chief investment officer Matthew Drennan said. T. Rowe Price's Murray Brewer, meanwhile said: "While an active, dynamic and global approach to fixed income may require a departure from targeting benchmarks dominated by the largest issuers ...

IOOF awards $115m global equities mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
IOOF has appointed State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) to manage a $115 million active global equities strategy as part of its IOOF MultiMix suite of multi-manager superannuation funds. The mandate was awarded to SSgA's Global Managed Volatility Alpha ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... Disability Support Pension for six months. Employers can use these funds to assist employees to reskill and play a more active role in the workforce. We must build an education and training system that becomes the envy of the world. As a start, and for ...

The Infrastructure Fund looking to add to Port of Newcastle purchase

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
Australian industry super investment vehicle The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) is on the hunt for more quality infrastructure assets following its purchase of the long-term lease of the Port of Newcastle, the world's largest coal export port. Last week ...

Growth of institutional infrastructure demand revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... approximately 34% of the total value of capital invested in infrastructure assets. Furthermore, these institutions have been active direct investors in almost a quarter (22%) of all infrastructure transactions over the same period. "With almost a quarter ...

AMP's ipac Financial Planning wins group of the year award

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
AMP-owned ipac Financial Planning has won CoreData's 2013 Advisory Group of the Year Award. The award is given to the licensee with the strongest ability to acquire prospective clients and it is based on the ratings of consumers who were in the market ...

Catholic Super seeds new AllianceBernstein fund

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Catholic Super has become the first investor in a new actively-managed AllianceBernstein Australian equities investment fund which aims to help investors in or near retirement. The Fund will form part of diversified investment options available to Catholic ...