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Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... underweight allocation, despite good performance in 2015. The panel has consistently viewed international property as the asset class most inflated by globally low interest rates and most at risk when the global interest rate cycle starts to turn. The ...

Canadian pension funds keeping eyes on Aussie infra

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
Port of Brisbane has been listed as one of the more recent success stories among alternative investments by the top 10 Canadian public pension funds. A study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) last month found that Canada's 10 largest public pension ...

Australian ethical investing continues rise

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
Interest in ethical investment is shaping to continue its rise during 2016 following the latest inflow figures from ASX-listed wealth manager Australian Ethical. Australian Ethical increased its funds under management (FUM) by 13% to more than $1.4 ...

Future Fund awarded sovereign investor of 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Australia's $118 billion sovereign wealth fund has been recognised for its restrained decision not to increase risk to chase returns in 2015, collecting sovereign investor of the year at the 2016 Central Banking Awards. Managing director of the Future ...

JBWere announces UBS deal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... alliance with UBS is fantastic for our private wealth clients and will allow them to access a large and diverse range of world-class research and products," JBWere chief executive Justin Greiner said. "For 175 years, JBWere has helped grow and protect ...

SMSFs and growth funds hit hardest by sell-off

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and high-growth superannuation funds are likely to have felt the brunt of recent share market volatility hardest in 2016. It is a tiny window to be analysing the impact of market movements but Rainmaker research ...

AustralianSuper merges investment options

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... rates and a more subdues growth outlook for the global economy. The new investment options are the most popular in their class and AustralianSuper says they have performed as well or better than the closing options over the medium to long term, and after ...

Vanguard tells investors to watch what they pay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
As active fund managers warn about exposure to index trackers amid a January market route, Vanguard group chairman and chief executive Bill McNabb has hit back. Super funds, asset managers, economists and academics alike have said investors must expect ...

Wingate appoints senior investment analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
Wingate Asset Management has a new senior investment analyst. Covering equities research and risk analysis, Thomas Hodson joins Wingate from UCA Funds Management, where he was also a senior investment analyst. Prior to that, he held roles at Barclays ...

Former Mercer consultant launches research platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... time-consuming and costly round of fund manager surveys conducted by research houses by providing asset allocators with 30 asset class specific survey templates which can be customised to clients' needs. DiligenceVault eliminates dependence on using ...