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'Twilight pool' block trading venue to launch in 2015

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
A new block trading venue for institutional investors is set to launch in the first half of 2015, exclusively for institutional investors trading in blocks of $1 million and above. Developed by BestEx, the new venue will be called Block Event. It positions ...

Government explains Challenger annuity mix-up

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Department of Social Services (DSS) has given its reasons for changing the way it assesses Challenger's Care Annuity, saying it had mistakenly been assessing it on the grounds that investors in the annuity could not get their capital back. However ...

Laminar fund wins award for innovation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
Laminar Credit Opportunity Fund has been awarded the Victorian Innovation in Funds Management Award at the Melbourne Financial Services Symposium in Melbourne yesterday. The award, which is sponsored by the Victorian Government, recognises firms who ...

Alternatives industry body launches Australian branch

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association has launched a new chapter in Australia to be headed up by the Future Fund's head of debt and alternatives David George, it was announced today. The CAIA is a not-for-profit organisation ...

Magellan expands chairman role, appoints CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
Magellan Financial Group has shifted Brett Cairns from the role of non-executive chairman to that of executive chairman, effective 1 January 2015. Cairns will also be appointed chairman of the group's main operating subsidiary Magellan Asset Management ...

Challenger Care Annuity sales suspended

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
Challenger has suspended sales of its Care Annuity product and will pursue legal avenues after the government announced it would reassess the social security treatment of investors in the annuity. The Department of Social Services (DSS) informed Challenger ...

Super returns dip in September quarter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
Super funds saw a further dip in returns in the September quarter, on average falling by between 60 and 80 basis points compared to the June quarter, according to the second batch of MySuper statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation ...

Cash rate more likely to fall than rise: PIMCO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is more likely to cut the cash rate than raise it in 2015, according to PIMCO head of portfolio management in Australia Robert Mead. While Mead said the most likely scenario in 2015 is that rates will stay where they ...

Hastings appoints new TIF portfolio manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
Hastings appointed a new portfolio manager for The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) to replace Peter Siapikoudis, who has moved to the role of portfolio manager, Australian mandates. Jonathan van Rooyen will take over responsibility for the TIF, managing the ...

AIST lobbies govt to keep LISC payment disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is calling on the government to maintain separate disclosure of low income superannuation contribution (LISC) payments on superannuation statements. While the government has moved to abolish ...