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Goal based investing puts retirees in the spotlight

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... situation and I know how to invest that money relevant to that situation rather than just doing something on a set of metrics that means nothing to the investor." The yet to be released products will provide investors with flexibility and allow them ...

Henderson insto flows turn positive

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... that Henderson's funds had provided consistently strong investment performance with 77% of funds outperforming relevant metrics over three years as at 30 June 2016. Earlier this week Avoca Investment Management portfolio manager John Campbell said the ...

Class launches SMSF benchmark report

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... launching a quarterly industry benchmark report so that customers and industry participants have better access to key metrics in the sector. In an announcement to the ASX, Class said it will extract de-identified data from its Class Super platform and ...

Investment committees must consider culture

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... consultant believes culture and leadership among investment committees can be mapped to meaningful business performance metrics, something often undervalued at asset owner and asset management firms. Speaking at a recent Willis Towers Watson ideas exchange ...

Dimensional launches ESG trust

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... screens companies both at a portfolio and an industry level, underweighting firms which rank poorly on sustainability metrics and overweighting those with more sustainable practices. The outcome is a dramatically reduced carbon footprint that effectively ...

Super investment pros make top 40

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... allocation to real assets - infrastructure and property - remains vexing. Other than for the risk premia, for most historical metrics, these assets look highly expensive. Real assets are a material allocation for us." The annual list never repeats its ...

Budget big picture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... just 2.4% of total tax revenue which doesn't give them much bargaining power at the policy making table. Against these metrics it's no surprise the government has gone after 4% of high end superannuation fund members by introducing a de facto Reasonable ...

MSCI measures insto ESG exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... index and research house MSCI has launched an MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index alongside its MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics with the aim of allowing institutional investors to measure exposure to public companies whose products and services help ...

New engagement tool for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... membership, while others approach it differently. "We've got other super funds with key goals around customer satisfaction-type metrics such as net promoter scores. We've got super funds who, as part of their digital first strategy, want to provide more ...

Pinnacle appoints distribution director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... roles at UBS. At Pinnacle she will oversee distribution for Resolution Capital, Palisade, Antipodes Partners, Plato and Metrics Credit Partners, representing over $19 billion in total funds under management. "After 16 years in London, I'm looking forward ...