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Crescent Finance launches real estate funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... Crescent Finance is setting its sights on $5 billion of property transactions over the next five years, as it launches two new funds to invest in Islamic-compliant housing. The two funds are Crescent Growth Fund and Crescent Finance Income Fund. Both ...

Evergreen partners with Generation Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... costs. Evergreen said it is using its propriety index, the Evergreen Responsible Investment Grade (ERIG) Index, to identify funds that are genuinely investing with environmental, social and governance factors in mind. "Given the lack of a consistent ...

Proxy advisers under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... they vote on matters put to shareholders. The government is proposing to reform proxy voting by requiring superannuation funds to disclose more detailed information related to voting policies and/or by requiring proxy advisers to be meaningfully independent ...

Rise of the mega funds continues

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... Increased merger activity in the superannuation sector will see most of Australia's retirement savings managed by just 12 funds, new research shows. KPMG's annual Super Insights report analysed APRA and ATO data and found that once the mergers that have ...

More members monitoring superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... credible information sources such as from the Australian government, financial and consumer associations, superannuation funds or a professional financial adviser," he said.

Labor won't support YFYS Bill in current form

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... power to the Treasurer to override superannuation trustee's investment or payment decisions, stapling to underperforming funds, inadequate insurance for some Australian worked, exclusion of some super products from the APRA test, flawed performance ...

Mandates will flow to transparency: Survey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... institutional investors allocate money. Some 42% of those surveyed anticipate a dramatic increase in investment outflows from funds with lower levels of reporting and transparency, and a further 32% believe there will be a slight increase. The other ...

Managed funds coped with COVID-19: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
An ASIC review of retail managed funds found that they effectively coped with the challenges presented by COVID-19. ASIC found managed funds largely did not face serious investor liquidity challenges during the height of COVID-19 market disruptions ...

Hamilton Wealth Partners co-founder leaves

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... senior investment adviser, due to commence on July 1. The firm advises high-net-worth clients and has about $750 million in funds under advice. It has three partners: Will Hamilton, Kane Baranow and John Green. Hamilton has appeared on Financial Standard ...

Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... tapering policy accommodation. After two days of deliberation, the Committee decided to maintain the status quo -- federal funds rate at 0-0.25% increase its bond purchases by at least US$80 billion a month and agency mortgage-backed securities by around ...