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Legg Mason Brandywine fund awarded top rating

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... for advisers seeking to position their clients ahead of the curve in global fixed income, and pleasingly the Fund's performance track record supports this value proposition." The Legg Mason Brandywine Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Trust is available ...

CalPERS meetings open to members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... variants of corporate governance. The meetings CalPERS make available to members include meetings of the Full Board; the Performance, Compensation & Talent Management Committee; the Finance & Administration Committee; Pension & Health Benefits Committee ...

Meat industry super hands mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... creation on March 31 2014 to February 28 2015. "We share the Fund's objective of delivering lower-volatility investment performance, giving our members comfort that their capital is growing steadily during the accumulation phase and mitigating the sequencing ...

SMSF growth driven by investor satisfaction

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The relative level of satisfaction with self-managed super fund (SMSF) performance is a likely driver for SMSFs' continued growth and significant market share, according to Roy Morgan Research. Roy Morgan's findings are based on a survey of 15,084 superannuation ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... added. SIBs are not without risks, however, as governments require sponsored social venture groups to achieve key performance targets in order to receive their payments, and the SIB needs to be underwritten in part by a third-party financier. Illustrating ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Group were runners up for the Platinum Award. "The Platinum Award recognises the insurer that has shown exceptional performance across all judging criteria including an important element that reflects upon the sustainability of their product and services," ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... war. Much had been reported about the rise and rise of the US dollar in recent days but a quick look at its one-year performance shows its gain more against other currencies than against the Chinese yuan. From its lowest to highest over the past 12 months ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat ahead of local jobs data and following a lacklustre performance on Wall Street. At 0808 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up five points at 5,791. In local economic news on ...

BNP becomes First Super custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... Zealand Ian Perkins said: "We look forward to providing them with world-leading custodial services, including investment performance reporting, risk analytics and online solutions." "We will also help First Super optimise operational processes, including ...

How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... investors are seeking the illiquidity premium it offers. In their research paper, 'The Components of Private Equity Performance: Implications for Portfolio Choice', Windham's Mark Kritzman and State Street's William Kinlaw and Jason Mao argue that investors ...