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Act now to ensure super sustainability: Cooper

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper has called on the government to raise the super guarantee to 12% and limit reviews of superannuation policy to once every five years. In a speech at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle event in Sydney's Barangaroo ...

ANZ to refund millions in unlawfully charged fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
ANZ must refund $28.8 million to customers after failing to clearly disclose when certain periodical payment fees would apply. The bank discovered it had been charging fees on transactions carried out between accounts held in customers' own names, contrary ...

Negative rates can generate positive returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
QSuper has positioned about one-fifth of its investment portfolio in fixed income with the view it diversifies against equities and prepares for ongoing global monetary policy shifts. The fund's head of investment strategy, Damian Lillicrap, said QSuper ...

Super CIOs say short-termism endemic

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Superannuation fund chief investment officers warn that endemic short-termism across super and the wider asset management industry will hurt member returns and place massive pressure on future investment strategies. A panel of fund executives told the ...

Capital stewards create value on Main Street

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Australia's superannuation system is estimated to reach more than $9.5 trillion in the next 20 years and the role of super funds as capital stewards will remain large, according to industry professionals. Capital stewardship is continually redefined ...

Super investment poorly communicated

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia believes the super industry has done "an extraordinarily bad job" of communicating its investment story to wider Australia. Opening the 2016 Australian Superannuation Investment ...

AB to acquire hedge fund manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... for multi-manager equity portfolios." He added: "They bring an excellent reputation among the most sophisticated institutional investors for their ability to construct and manage a wide range of alternative investment solutions utilizing alternative ...

Macquarie sells down stake in Atlas Roads

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... selldown of equity in Macquarie Atlas Roads. The group sold 53 million shares in MQA at $5.32 per share to "a range of institutional investors via a bookbuild." As a result of this, Macquarie's stake in the company will now be roughly 11%. Macquarie ...

Man Group appoints institutional sales manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Investment manager Man Group has boosted its Australian institutional business, appointing an institutional sales manager. Formerly of HSBC Global Asset Management, Chris Comino joins the firm's Sydney team with over 25 years' experience in financial ...

First clean energy seed fund launched

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... on rounds in 30 to 50 startups over its four to five year investment period. The fund hopes to attract corporate, institutional, high net worth and impact investors looking to gain diversified exposure to Australian clean energy startups. Artesian managing ...