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NAS loses another super fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... them to optimise their operational processes - including investment performance reporting - minimising risks through world-class analytics, enhancing performance returns for their members and providing online solutions, all through a single platform." ...

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
"Maybe this year, maybe next year, maybe never I'm confessing That I'm guessing all the time." Edna Savage's immortal 1959 classic "Maybe This Year" provides an apt background song heading into last night's European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council ...

NAB launches Australia's first certified climate bond

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... supporting the growth of new markets and financing a low carbon economy, and raises the profile of the green bond asset class in Australia," he said. The renewable energy assets financed by the climate bond are expected to have an installed capacity ...

Big changes on way for pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
Pension funds around the globe are going to ramp up their risk appetite, take big bets on alternatives, switch from being asset owners to asset managers and transform how they deal with external investment managers, reveals a major survey released by ...

Alternatives industry body launches Australian branch

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... for education in alternative investing, and our expansion has mirrored the global growth in investor interest in the asset class. "Australia and Australians are major investors in alternatives. With that in mind, we are delighted to launch the CAIA Australia ...

New Vanguard modelling tool picks global equities to win

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... newly launched simulation and forecasting engine developed by Vanguard has tipped global equities as the most likely asset class to achieve a 6% to 9% annualised return over the next decade. The range is roughly the same level of return targeted by most ...

From oil at US$300 to oil at US$30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
And an oil, oil here, oil, oil there, everywhere an oil, oil. It had been on a slippery slope since prices peaked in the dying days of June this year, but 'twas only last week when the headlines splattered oil all over our faces and onto market consciousness. ...

Perpetual hires senior investment specialist

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
Perpetual Investments has appointed a senior investment specialist to provide technical product and asset class investment support to advisers. James Holt will join Perpetual in early December from Zurich, where he has served as an investment specialist ...

Inflows from overseas double in four years

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... Managers Cross-Border Flows Report explores the flow of funds into Australian managed investment trusts by region, asset class and investor type. It shows that Japan is by far the biggest contributor accounting for 33% ($9.9 billion) of foreign fund ...

Van Eyk exec resurfaces at SQM Research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
SQM Research has appointed a former van Eyk executive to the role of head of research to head the business' fixed income and alternatives team of analysts. Robert da Silva was van Eyk head of research and deputy chief investment officer before the research ...