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Future Fund puts in another strong year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
The Future Fund has grown has almost doubled its assets under management to $118.4 billion from the initial investment of $60.5 billion seeded by the government in 2006. In a portfolio update briefing, the sovereign wealth fund said it has been paring ...

Alternatives managers see record growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
The global alternative assets industry saw record growth to $10.5 trillion in 2015, according to Preqin research. The Preqin Global Alternatives Report for 2016 indicated that this was primarily driven by growth in private equity, which saw $274 billion ...

Impact investments the next wave for RI

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Impact investments are seen as the next wave to flow from the global trend of purchasing alternative assets to help build responsible investment portfolios. In its 2016 Responsible Investment Outlook, AXA Investment Managers said impact investing will ...

Challenger reports early amid share price falls

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
Challenger expects to report first half normalised profit after tax of around $185 million when it releases its results on 16 February. The company said in an announcement to the ASX that the unaudited financial report is still being finalised, but ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
When the going gets tough...... the tough promises to get going. For a change, a number of equity markets around the globe finished flashing green numbers last week. The All Ordinaries index, for one, closed 0.4% in the plus - pitiful you might say ...

It's "whatever it takes" time again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
Woe is us! Just as the European Central Bank (ECB) appears to be winning its fight against inflation, justifying its less-than-expected "go slow" on stimulus policy announcement last 3 December, crude oil comes along. Though minimal, latest Eurozone ...

Australians putting off retirement planning

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
Nearly a third of the population aged 18 to 64 consider retirement too far away to plan for, according to a Roy Morgan survey of 50,000 people. This lack of planning and engagement in the process is likely to contribute to less-than-optimum superannuation ...

Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
A panel of economic experts has told Morningstar that financial markets may have been overreacting to volatility in the Chinese sharemarket, overplaying risks to respective economies. The discussion earlier this month also said Australia's economic ...

ETFs benefit from market volatility: SSGA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) says exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are one of the largest beneficiaries of global market volatility as investors look to dodge high levels of uncertainty. SSGA Australia head of SPDR ETFs Amanda Skelly said while dramatic ...

Minimum withdrawal rates act as default: CSIRO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Research from CSIRO says minimum account-based pension withdrawal rates are acting as a conservative default that sees retirees exceeding needs to self-insure their financial longevity. CSIRO behavioural economics and superannuation decision-making ...