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Retail funds cheer super board governance bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomed the reforms:A "They are sensible consumer protections which exist throughout corporate Australia, and which are supported by a broad range of consumer groups," chief executive Sally Loane said. "There is no downside ...

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... limited to companies that pass RobecoSAM's environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluations, collectively called the Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). RobecoSAM's statement said that the biggest additions to the indices this year were ...

VicSuper awards $100m corporate bonds mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... VicSuper has awarded a $100 million investment mandate to a fixed income manager to invest in diversified Australian corporate loans. Metrics Credit Partners will manage the mandate, which falls under VicSuper's domestic fixed interest strategy. The ...

Pension and retirement strategies a global problem

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... arising from global research released by EY today. About one-third of 200 policymakers, pension industry executives and corporate employers from across the world have said they lack a defined long-term pension and retirement vision and strategy. EY superannuation ...

Implemented Portfolios appoints former Genesys chief

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... appointment, Implemented Portfolios managing director Santi Burridge has taken on the more specialised role of chief executive, corporate development. At the same time, former BlackRock managing director Adam Seccombe has joined the firm as chief executive ...

FIIG offers Apple bonds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... government bonds or term deposits," he said. As well as Apple bonds, FIIG has recently added bonds from some other famous corporate names to its DirectBonds list including multinational brewer SABMiller and telecommunications giant Vodafone. FIIG Securities ...

S&P launches sinner-free index

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... operation or in supply chain. "Sustainable issues represent one of the most important cost and revenue drivers in the modern corporate world," S&P Dow Jones Indices head of sustainability Julia Kochetygova said. The index "aims to include companies with ...

New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... "Unless there's a real specific reason - something unique about the fund that they can't do with a retail or industry or corporate fund - why do it? "A lot of people go in not realising the responsibilities they have. You can certainly outsource administration ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... advice required and thus the changes in client portfolios can be implemented aggregate across the client-base. Same with corporate action - if there's discretion, there's no need to go to the client for corporate action, because the client has effectively ...

Perpetual wins RE mandate with seven funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Perpetual Corporate Trust has been appointed to provide responsible entity services for seven funds. In the past three months, Perpetual has won mandates with Dalton Nicol Reid's Australian Equities High Conviction Fund, Aviva Investors' Multi-Strategy ...