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New investment vehicles need work: industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... Government's proposed Collective Investment Vehicle structure, especially its tax implications. Speaking at a regulatory forum in Sydney on Thursday, King & Wood Mallesons partner Andrew Clements said one of the key areas in delivering an effective CIV ...

New life insurance standards for super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... (AIST), the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Financial Services Council (FSC), the Industry Funds Forum (IFF) and Industry Super Australia (ISA). The combined group will include representatives from funds, insurers, consumer ...

The infrastructure benchmark challenge

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... Investments Group, Serkan Bahceci. Bahceci, who will be presenting at the upcoming Atchison Consultants 10th Global Real Assets Forum, highlighted that, because infrastructure encompasses such a broad range of investments, data aggregation is challenging. ...

Global investment redrawn by technology

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... technological disruption into account, a Fidelity portfolio manager has warned. Speaking at Fidelity's National Adviser Forum in Sydney, global equities manager Amit Lodha said that managers' "investment toolkits" need to change in the wake of a rapidly ...

Low return world a boon for VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... traditionally overlooked just when venture capitalists in Australia are seeking long-term capital. Speaking to an investment forum in Sydney last month, Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia said while venture capital investing is risky, the ...

Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... scratching their heads about how do they get involved in that." Ferris' comments come prior to The Superannuation Opportunity forum in November. He is joining several panelists to speak about whether Australia's $2 trillion super system will lead or ...

Industry bodies united on group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... (ASFA), the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), the Financial Services Council (FSC), the Industry Funds Forum (IFF) and Industry Super Australia (ISA), have released a statement of intent outlining their standing on issues. The statement ...

ASIC investigating ASX outage

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... system, ASX Trade." At the time, the ASX said it was investigating "the root cause of the issue" and scheduling a customer forum to discuss operational impacts and "preventative actions." Overnight processing completed normally and the market opened ...

Retirement income opportunities begin early

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... important," Kirkland says. His comments come ahead of The Superannuation Opportunity, an Industry Super Australia-hosted forum in November. Kirkland will be one of several key panelists at the forum and will speak on building a stronger super system ...

Hostplus tripling venture capital exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... it has averaged an 8.7% per annum return over 10 years. Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia told an investment forum in Sydney that although venture capital investing is hard and risky, the sector's winners will make up for its losers. He said ...