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ASIC fees to more than double

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
The cost of doing business with the corporate regulator has gone up under draft legislation supporting the new funding model for ASIC, released by Treasury yesterday. Under the draft reforms, the hourly rate charged by ASIC will more than double from ...

IFM partners to slash carbon emissions in $12bn fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
IFM Investors, the $100 billion super fund investment consortium, is partnering to cut carbon emissions for Australia's largest infrastructure fund. Partnering with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), IFM will work to reduce emissions for the ...

Robo-advisers a hard pill to swallow for Aussie investors: CFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... chief executive Pat Garrett said. By contrast, blockchain technology got the nod of approval from majority of the institutional investors surveyed. Sixty-three per cent said they believe blockchain has potential to increase trust in institutional investment. ...

Hastings rebrands following sale

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... momentum and substantial international potential."Little said. The rebrand follows the sale of the firm by Westpac's Institutional Bank to the UK firm in November of last year. Westpac had owned the business since it purchased a majority share in 2005 ...

Instos chasing EM debt for value

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
Institutional investors are setting their sights on emerging market debt in an environment where equities and interest rates seem fully valued. Speaking to Financial Standard, Grant Samuel Funds Management chief executive Damien McIntyre said that interest ...

Global firms build hedge fund cash service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
A hedge fund services firm with US$363 billion in assets under administration has partnered with a global treasury solutions provider to launch a cash management service. Cash Optimization has been co-developed by Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services ...

Industry fund invests $100 million in renewable energy

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
One of Australia's largest superannuation funds acquired a $100 million stake in a renewable energy portfolio as part of a co-investment with a Dutch fund. Cbus and the Dutch Infrastructure Fund will hold 80.1% of the investment portfolio known as Bright ...

Flinders fund offers insto rates for retail investors on HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... Flinders Emerging Companies Fund at about 60% less than retail rates. The slashed retail rates, which are at par with institutional rates, will be available on the HUB24 platform. The lower rates are made possible by HUB24's scalable technology which ...

ASIC slaps fines on Spaceship and its trustee

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
The corporate regulator said Spaceship's upbeat description of its growth option made "misleading claims" to attract new superannuation members. Spaceship's GrowthX option claimed to "measure companies" while in reality 79% of the fund was tracking ...

Active manager launches Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... proprietary valuation and information flow stock-selection criteria. "We've had a number of discussions with Australian institutional investors about applying Man Numeric's core approach across Australian equities. The Australian market is quite concentrated ...