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Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... there was a move towards improved monitoring of fewer managers and some asset owners are moving away from six-monthly performance reviews. For example, one of the five buffer funds in the Swedish pension system said it had extended its alternative asset ...

Hunter Hall chief executive stands down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... improved results for the six months to 31 December 2015. This includes operating profit before investment income, performance fees and tax for the half year of approximately $3.3 million which is 40% higher than the $2.4 million recorded in the six months ...

Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... Turning to property the panel remained unenthusiastic about A-REITs and kept an underweight allocation, despite good performance in 2015. The panel has consistently viewed international property as the asset class most inflated by globally low interest ...

Vanguard notches fourth successive year of record inflows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... symptomatic of an ongoing trend away from active management in recent years as investors have become less convinced that performance is worthy of the higher fees. Some in the industry, including Morningstar director of global ETF research Ben Johnson ...

AMP Capital appoints social infrastructure director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... aged care infrastructure. Mizzi explained, "This promotion is in recognition of Andrea's strong contribution to the performance of CommIF. "With more than 17 years' commercial experience, Andrea's familiarity with the fund, detailed knowledge of the ...

SMSFs and growth funds hit hardest by sell-off

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... and Cbus have addressed the recent market volatility to reassure members. "There is no logical link between market performance in January and the rest of the year. Indeed while there seemed to be some truth in this rule of thumb in days gone by, the ...

Bell Financial Group posts strong result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... Unaudited full year profit before tax is expected to exceed $22 million, underpinned by strong equity capital markets performance throughout the year. In an announcement on the ASX, Bell said all business divisions were profitable, with most exhibiting ...

Demographic darlings and disasters revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran and India. Australia's demographic index ranking is 98 out of 168, a somewhat middling performance with its ageing population helped by immigration. Its institutions appear much higher on the index, ranked 10 out of 168. RBC ...

Silk joins PRI advisory committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... which will provide asset owners with data from the reporting framework on investment managers' responsible investment performance. Asset Owner Insight is also developing a practical guidance document for mainstream asset owners, outlining how ESG considerations ...

Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... strategies. At the other end of the scale, distressed debt funds posted the worst return, down 5.31% - their worst performance since 2008. On a regional basis, Japanese managers led developed market mandates with annual gains of 6.21%. European managers ...