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All super funds should have independent chair: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... seven industry recommendations on fund governance. Co-authors Dr Suzanne Le Mire (University of Adelaide) and Dr Scott Donald (University of New South Wales) said the majority of fund executives interviewed felt their boards were functioning cohesively ...

No evidence that independence would boost performance: CIFR

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... Government has set instilling independence within the governance of superannuation as a key priority for the sector. Dr Scott Donald of the University of New South Wales, who completed the research together with Suzanne Le Mire of the University of Adelaide ...

Maple-Brown Abbott global infra fund added to platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... third party marketer manage relationships with the research houses and platforms. The firm's head of distribution, Alex Donald said, "The Maple-Brown Abbott GLI Fund has been hugely successful since its launch into the retail space in February 2015. ...

Aussie fintechs sell to grow

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... "That's how scalable the technology is today," Porter said. Chief executive at digital financial advice platform BigFuture, Donald Hellyer, said the product's creation was not to run people's money but rather paint a picture. "People don't necessarily ...

Regulation is not the only answer: Herbert Smith Freehills

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... in the Cooper report. "Everything gets blamed on poor governance," Herbert Smith Freehills and university lecturer Scott Donald said. "People say it's the reason super is expensive, it's the reason for poor performance," Donald continued. During a session ...

Temporary trial separation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015

BNP launches EM equity fund in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... cycles. The strategy is managed by BNP's global emerging market equities team, led by Boston-based chief investment officer Donald Smith and deputy chief investment officer and senior portfolio manager Rick Wetmore. BNP investments chief executive in ...

Hedge funds bare all to seduce instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... fund model suffered setbacks driven by the lack of liquidity and transparency," the company's head of distribution Alex Donald said. The manager spotted a demand for "a diversified alternatives fund with low volatility, daily pricing, daily liquidity ...

FTSE and ASFA launch Australian bond indices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... state bonds; and the Australia Covered Bonds Index includes AUD denominated covered bonds. FTSE deputy chief executive Donald Keith said: "In partnership with ASFA, FTSE has developed a tailor-made index series that meets the specific requirements of ...

mFund attracts 4 new fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian Securities Exchange's (ASX) mFun has added four new fund managers to its current offering, which brings the number of mFunds available to 55. The new funds are Platinum Asset Management's new Platinum Global fund, which aims to provide ...