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Peak6 $1bn capital raise boosted by Aussie instos

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... launches. "We could reach our target of $2 billion by the end of the year," he told Financial Standard. "A big Australian super fund came to see us in Chicago recently and we have a major consultant and another super fund coming next week." Scoby has ...

First Super to take action over JPM governance concerns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
Australian superannuation fund First Super has expressed strong concerns at 'on-going governance issues' at JP Morgan and has resolved to take action at the annual general meeting. The $1.7 billion industry fund said it would contact its international ...

AMP Capital sells out of Houston residential property complex

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
AMP Capital's Global Direct Property Fund has sold Cheval Apartments for US$63.6 million following a widely marketed sales campaign. Cheval Apartments is a 'multifamily' asset - a 387 unit residential complex which is centrally located near major employment ...

US tax abolition to pave way for super fund inv

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... property interests. Russell said the FIRPTA can erode 35-40% of the investment income and is not refundable to the Australian super investor. Obama's administration hopes that dropping the tax will encourage overseas pension funds to invest. Russell ...

Deferred annuity tax reforms safeguard retirees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
Reforms to the tax treatment of deferred lifetime annuity (DLA) products has added greater security for Australian retirees, according to Towers Watson. The new rules, if enshrined by legislation, remove inconsistencies between the manner deferred annuities ...

Superannuation to wield $6tr muscle by 2030

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
A group of superannuation and investment experts predict that by 2030, local super funds will dominate the global landscape while the self-managed super funds (SMSFs) sector will suffer a slowdown. The superannuation industry in 2030 will be bigger ...

Asset allocation shifts as EM turns strategic: MFS

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
Institutional investors are starting to look at the emerging market asset class more of a 'strategic' rather than an 'opportunistic' play, according to a visiting global portfolio manager. Thomas Melendez, Institutional Equity Portfolio Manager - MFS ...

Super funds eye World Bank Green Bonds: Nikko AM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
Nikko AM says it has received a very positive response to its green bond strategy from the Australian superannuation funds it has met with this week. While the fund manager would not be drawn on which institutions had expressed interest, Nikko AM chief ...

Fund stalwarts draw $6bn in Aus equities mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Of the $10 billion worth of mandates handed out to Australian equity managers in the past 12 months, a staggering $5.97 billion has been given to just three investment houses, data from Rainmaker Information can reveal. The three fund managers, which ...

Local appetite for hedge funds outstrips other markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
Australian institutional investors are showing more appetite for hedge funds than their peers in the US, Europe and Japan, according to a leading hedge fund manager. Joe Scoby, chief investment officer and chief executive of PEAK6 Advisors, a Chicago-based ...