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Super fund awards $100m debt mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2019
... significantly below measures of fair value. "Brandywine Global also benefits by identifying investments that its macro research suggests could face positive information surprises," said Taylor. Brandywine manages US$72 billion in assets globally. It ...

Chief economist update: S&P raises Duterte ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
Money talks, prayers walk. This appears to be the overriding theme in the upcoming May 13 mid-term elections in the Philippines where "foul-mouthed and murderous" president Rodrigo Duterte's preferred senatorial and congressional candidates lead ...

Super startup to relaunch

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... would pay $300 a year in fees through FairVine, and just $282 with AustralianSuper. Rainmaker head of superannuation research Jason Ross said FairVine's fee structure allowed the fund to offer lower fees to certain members, but not all would see ...

ATO demands crypto data

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
The Australian Tax Office is reminding cryptocurrency owners and traders they are required to keep records and obtaining records of between half a million to a one million individuals involved in the cryptocurrency market. The ATO announced a new data ...

Design and distribution law set to impact property funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
The Property Funds Association (PFA) has called the alarm on the Government's recent introduction of product design and distribution obligations that are set to impact unlisted property funds. PFA says that the new legislation could result in fewer ...

Retirees to fall short: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
Latest research shows a glut of Aussies intending to retire soon don't have enough savings to sustain themselves. According to the latest findings from Roy Morgan, almost half a million Australians intend to retire in the next 12 months - a 6% increase ...

Future Fund crosses $150 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... documents show. Performance of other funds Future Fund also manages five other funds on behalf of the government: Medical Research Future, DisabilityCare Australia Fund, nation-building funds (Building Australia and Education Investment) and the Aboriginal ...

Boutique fund manager launches LIT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... received a "recommended" rating from Zenith Investment Partners and a "recommended plus" rating from Independent Investment Research, he said. Regal was founded in 2004 and specialises in providing alternative long/short investment strategies. It has ...

Push for chief executive pay ratio disclosure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is calling for chief executive's pay to be measured against that of their company's average worker and for boards to be elected annually. ACSI is calling for a corporate governance framework ...

Chief economist update: Inflation is dead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
Those were the days my friends, we thought would never end... but they ended. The days when measured inflation would go from minus 3% to plus 14%, give or take, back in the grim old days from the 1950s to the late 1980s are no more. Back then the monetarists ...