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Target date funds just 3% US retirement assets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
Much is made of the popularity of lifecycle investing in the US yet it comprises just 3% of their retirement system. According to figures released by the Investment Company Institute (ICI), lifecycle investment funds, referred to under the broader category ...

Property funds acquire Sydney, Perth property

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
Two investment funds have acquired properties in Sydney and Perth worth over $30 million. Folkestone has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Sydney property developer Lyon Group Australia to acquire development rights over 59.7 hectares in Sydney's ...

UBS releases mFund basket

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
UBS Asset Management has added a suite of funds to the ASX's mFund settlement service. Eleven UBS funds are now available through mFund. These are: the UBS Australian Small Companies Fund, UBS Microcap Fund, UBS HALO Australian Share Fund, UBS Australian ...

Japan pension fund backs responsible investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... after a recent UN assembly meeting. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) would sign on in a move that "will surely contribute to the achievement of sustainable development." GPIF has about ...

The case for super investing in agriculture

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Low interest rates and proximity to Asia's rising middle class are partly reasons for Australian superannuation funds to be investing in the country's agriculture industry. Yet recent research commissioned by BDO and conducted by The University of Queensland ...

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... from Frydenberg is they show how little some people learned from last year's hysterical campaign against the ANU Investment Fund over its $16 million divestment from some of the fossil fuel intensive companies in its portfolio. But Transfield doesn't ...

Monash absolute return fund goes retail

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
The Monash Absolute Investment Fund will be available to retail investors, following the manager's partnership with a third party distribution firm. Winston Capital Partners will distribute Monash Investors' fund to investors seeking exposure to an ...

HESTA and SVA launch impact investment fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
HESTA has partnered with Social Ventures Australia to launch one of the country's biggest impact investment funds. The $32 billion health and community services industry fund has committed $30 million - the largest single commitment to the local impact ...

HUB24 appoints former FSC director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
HUB24 has appointed a new non-executive director who was a director of the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), now known as the Financial Services Council (FSC). Tony McDonald joins the HUB24 board having held previous roles at SFG ...

Perpetual wins RE mandate with seven funds

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... Morgan Stanley's Global Properties Securities Fund, Tipalea's Retail Income Fund - Marian, and the Monash Absolute Investment Fund. As a result, Perpetual will oversee risk, compliance and governance issues with these funds. "Our role as independent ...