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Housing affordability depresses confidence: Westpac

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
Aspiring first home buyers remain fearful of their financial futures with new research showing the housing affordability crisis is impacting financial confidence. The survey, commissioned by Westpac, found the majority of first home buyers are not feeling ...

Fidelity hires new director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... maintain a successful track record in this space. Before joining Vanguard, where he spent about a year managing a portfolio of major banking and wealth clients, Mathie worked in executive roles at Macquarie Group for close to nine years. He joined Macquarie ...

Passive versus active is crippling: QIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... decade, and declares: "It's time to declare an end to the passive versus active wars." "The 'climate wars', pitting the two major political parties against each other, has been one of the most debilitating features of the public policy debate in Australia ...

Hedging strategies protecting members' assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
Superannuation funds are strategically using foreign exchange management to combat rapidly changing regulatory and market conditions and to protect members' assets, research from NAB shows. The annual superannuation FX hedging survey found a majority ...

New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... strategy, shifting 40% of its funds away from companies with high exposure to carbon emissions and reserves. As part of the major deviation, Guardians of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund announced the $14 billion global passive equity portfolio will ...

Former politician to chair Equity Trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... Kennett said: "Tony has been instrumental in re-shaping EQT and positioning it to thrive in its markets. He has overseen major acquisitions including the ANZ Trustees and Sandhurst estates and trusts business and established a strong and stable leadership ...

AMP Capital seeks growth in Real Estate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... from real estate fund manager EG, where he was head of office asset management. Stuart will be responsible for managing major customer relationships and driving the asset management and leasing strategies to meet the needs of each fund across the AMP ...

BlackRock takes majority stake in Australian solar farm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
BlackRock Real Assets has acquired a majority interest in a Queensland solar energy project, representing one of Australia's largest solar portfolio financings to date. Financed through BlackRock Real Assets, the 150MW and 50MW solar farms are expected ...

Life insurer surpasses code of conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... (not only funeral insurance products). It is also developing comprehensive support materials for customers impacted by a major illness, such as cancer and stroke. Clark said: "We look forward to continuing to work with the FSC, other life insurance industry ...

Magellan officially ramps up retail offering

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
Alongside its annual results which report a slight dip in net profit, Magellan Financial Group officially highlighted its plan to launch an initial public offering for a new ASX-listed investment vehicle. The Magellan Global Trust will target a 4% cash ...