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Super funds presented in-housing framework

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... industry framework that tackles in-housing complexities. The framework was presented at a recent Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) event in Sydney, and co-author Dr Geoff Warren said it addresses a hot topic in the Australian super ...

Global institutions join sustainable investment group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... Life Insurance Company (MassMutual); CrA(C)dit Agricole CIB; European Investment Bank (EIB); HSBC Group; International Finance Corporation (IFC) - a member of the World Bank Group; and Mirova - a subsidiary of Natixis Group. In a joint statement, the ...

Active management tax effects erode investor returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... active fund managers can be absorbed by detrimental tax effects according to new research from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). Continuing its research in active management, CIFR has examined the extent to which tax effects ...

No evidence that independence would boost performance: CIFR

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
A Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) study has found little empirical evidence that independence would improve investment performance but suggests that independence is important in maintaining the legitimacy of the superannuation ...

New framework for in-house investing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
The Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) has developed a framework for superannuation funds and other asset owners to implement in-house investment management. The framework is included in CIFR's latest research which argues members ...

Investec buys stake in equity crowdfunding fintech

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... conviction that smart capital intermediation, which is what Equitise does, fits this mandate." The Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) released a report in 2015 recommending equity crowdfunding be allowed in the country, proposing ...

Active managers need new measurement

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... reflect their value, negating up to 85 basis points in overall performance. New research from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) finds the way performance is measured from disclosed holdings "contains systematic biases related ...

Long-term investment under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... of several investment meetings and forums. Opening the ASFA event was research director at the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR), Dr Geoffrey Warren, who put forward several ways super funds and investment managers could address ...

Crowd equity funding, the Ashley Madison of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... easier, what's holding crowd equity funding from doing the same with financial services? The Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) has recommended that crowd equity funding should be allowed in Australia, subject to monitoring by the ...

Four pillars policy is killing innovation: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... it needs to go because it is hindering innovation and leading to poor consumer outcomes, the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) found. The research report 'Competition in financial services' acknowledges that the policy made sense ...