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Industry fund appoints former Labor politician

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
A $46 billion industry fund has appointed a former federal health minister as an independent chair, starting at the end of the year. Nicola Roxon will take over as HESTA's chair when current chair Angela Emslie steps down at the end of her term ...

Former Macquarie Capital head launches fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... companies that meet today's social and economic needs," Brownjohn said. Bundy said the fund has already fielded strong interest from investors and businesses looking to deploy and receive capital. "And this interest is accelerating now we have officially ...

AustralianSuper awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... JCB's mandate win gives it roughly a 5% slice of AustraliaSuper's total $10.2 billion allocation to Australian fixed interest, according to 30 June figures. The boutique invests in high-grade sovereign bonds backed by governments with a credit ...

Star managers address low returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... voluntarily escrowed their investment in the LIC for 10 years. What's next? The managers thinks US stocks will slow as the interest rates rise and the dollar gets stronger. Therefore, it has little net exposure to the US. It has taken a modest net ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... more than 18% to US$1.3 trillion year-on-year. WTW head of manager research Dania Zinurova said: "There is an increasing interest from investors in high conviction active strategies in Australia, specifically in equities, and we see boutique start-ups ...

Industry fund, IRESS begin automated advice journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... are increasingly becoming digitally savvy and are enjoying the convenience of planning their retirement themselves. The interest in digital advice is growing at a rapid pace as many WA Super members have unmet financial advice needs," she said. Truong ...

What the RC can teach us about trust: Deloitte

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
One of the big four accounting and professional services firms is seizing the financial services Royal Commission as an opportunity to better understand how trust works in Australian banks. Launching its first trust index for Australia's banking ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... The S&P/ASX 200 closed more than 6% lower than at the start of the year, on the back of a slump in US equities, rising interest rates and escalated trade tensions between US and China. This was close to the index's level of 5652 seen on 4 October ...

Former Olympian to lead investment house

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... acquired Ascalon Capital Managers in late September from Westpac. In offloading GDG, Westpac said it will cease to hold an interest in Ascalon. Ascalon will continue to hold minority interests in Morphic Asset Management and Deepwater Capital. Any other ...

ASIC and Austplan agree to mutual breakup

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... deficiencies in the financial services provided by Austplan representatives, "including their failure to act in the best interest of their clients in relation to establishing self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs)." Austplan also received client referrals ...