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Warakirri launches new fund for HNWIs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... $300 million with room to raise more capital beyond that, the boutique said. It will deploy this capital in five sectors: water entitlements, intensive livestock like poultry, fruits, nuts and agricultural infrastructure such as storage. It prefers buying ...

We must do better: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
Improvement is a ceaseless quest and Australia's superannuation industry must do better to ensure positive outcomes for members. Opening the 2018 ASFA conference in Adelaide this morning, ASFA chair Michael Easson didn't shy away from the criticism ...

Scrapping LRBAs would be detrimental to investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... the opportunity to meet their commercial and superannuation ambitions, would simply be throwing the baby out with the bath water," he said. At 30 June 2016, LRBAs made up 4% of all SMSF assets at $25.4 billion. "Certainly, the growth has been strong. ...

Pinnacle drops fees in Blue Sky fund bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... at a discount to its NTA, as it separates from its current manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited (BLA). Aware Water Group has also made a proposal to acquire BAF's interest in Blue Sky Water Fund. On October 18, Pinnacle and BAF's ...

Macquarie boss joins climate change commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... as usual and the benefits are many times larger. "Without urgent adaptation action, we risk undermining food, energy and water security for decades to come. Continued economic growth and reductions in global poverty are possible despite these daunting ...

Advisers gain FASEA credits for existing qualifications

HARRISON WORLEY  |  SUNDAY, 14 OCT 2018
... conduct themselves around the office watercooler. "If a new person comes along and joins the firm, do the old staff around the water cooler say, 'Look champ, forget the policy and procedures manual, forget all that stuff: here is how you maximise ...

The joys of an independent board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
What value does an independent board of directors add to an investment company? That's a question that directors of top UK investment companies met to answer yesterday. At a conference organised by 86-year old Association of Investment Companies (AIC) ...

Advice industry in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
Dishonesty and greed were the key themes that underscored the Royal Commission's hearing into financial advice, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has said. Releasing his interim report today, Hayne has said of the misconduct within Australia's major ...

Blue Sky refunds $4.1m overcharge

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... funds. This excludes any impact on institutional mandates or funds that include the Strategic Australian Agriculture Fund, water fund or hedge funds, it said. The amount of $4.1 million (plus GST) spans 65 close-end managed funds over a 10-year period ...

Boutique manager expands research team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
A boutique founded last year by a former Evans & Partners head of equity has appointed a senior investment analyst. Aoris Investment Management is welcoming Swati Reddy to its investment team. Reddy was an equities analyst at CLSA in Sydney for seven ...