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Super playing dangerous risk game: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
The long-term investment horizon favoured by superannuation funds is putting Australia's ageing population at risk, according to a new Milliman paper. The paper argues that the priority on long-term net returns highlighted in the Productivity Commission's ...

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
To make the most of 2017, institutional investors will need to be across market fragmentation, the shift from monetary to fiscal stimulus, capital abundance and long-term structural change. Global consultant Mercer says these themes all present risks ...

Will the real Trump please stand up

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Are you ready to say 'President Trump' out loud? Like him or loathe him, investors are eager to meet the president behind the publicity hound. Their savings depend on it. On the eve of his inauguration as the 45th President of the United States, many ...

CPA creates planner education solution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Participants who complete four new financial planning subjects under a program from Certified Practicing Accountants Australia will have the knowledge requirements to attain RG 146. According to the CPA Australia website, the Financial Planning Fundamentals ...

ASIC calls time on super disclosure exemption

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
In preparation for the July 1 deadline, ASIC notified Australian super fund trustees that employer subplans will no longer be exempt from disclosure requirements. Under the current arrangements, employer subplans within super funds, which allow corporates ...

Private equity manager secures insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
A global private equity firm signed a significant investment mandate with a sizeable Australian institutional investor. The institutional investor is yet to be named, but the mandate - which was secured in Blue Sky Alternative Investments' real assets ...

Northern Trust launches sustainable real assets fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
Northern Trust partnered with a global provider of sustainable real assets indices to launch a new real estate fund. In partnership with Netherlands-based environmental, social and governance researcher GRESB, Northern Trust released a new sustainability ...

Second Sydney airport lacking investment return

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... expects the private sector to bear all the risks and fully fund the project. Despite this uncertainty, the appetite of institutional investors to hang their hopes on infrastructure remains high. A report from the global Investment Intuitions Survey 2017 ...

QIC closes renewable energy fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
The Powering Australian Renewables Fund, on behalf of the QIC Global Infrastructure Fund and the Future Fund, has reached financial close on the Silverton Wind Farm. QIC announced it had achieved the $450 million required to fund the development of ...

Product conflicts in retail banking: ABA report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
A report commissioned by the Australian Bankers' Association highlights potential conflicts in product sales commissions and product-based payments used for retail banking staff, echoing the concerns that led to the Future of Financial Advice reforms. ...