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Worst 'fat cat' funds have high fee diet

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Automated investment adviser Stockspot branded 638 funds 'fat cats' in its annual survey of superannuation and managed fund performance, revealing high fees as the force behind underachievement. The study conducted analysis of 3,820 super and managed ...

Valuation dispersion creating opportunity for instos to retilt

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
The dispersion in valuations between the cheapest and the most expensive stocks is the widest it has been at any point since the dotcom boom, according to the founder of global asset manager Pzena Investment Management. The most expensive quintile of ...

Super fund names new investment GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
An industry superannuation fund will welcome its new general manager investments in October. REST Industry Super is appointing Brendan Casey to the role, beginning Monday 31 October. Reporting to chief executive Damian Hill, the new investments specialist ...

NAB board member joins Platinum

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A non-executive director on the board of National Australia Bank (NAB) has joined the board of Platinum Asset Management. Anne Loveridge has replaced Margaret Towers who formally retired from the Platinum board as a non-executive director after more ...

Willis Towers Watson appoints national workplace risk manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Willis Towers Watson has appointed a prominent workplace insurance adviser to the role of national manager - workplace risk. The company said Darren Oliver is well known throughout the corporate market for his extensive expertise in providing strategic ...

Survey reveals little faith in bank advice

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Only one in five Australian consumers have faith that traditional retail banks will give them unbiased advice and put their interests first. That's one of the key findings from a recent global survey of 55,000 consumers across 32 countries - including ...

PM Capital hires two from BTIM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Equities and fixed interest manager PM Capital has appointed a new head of distribution and head of marketing from BT Investment Management. Head of distribution Lachlan Cameron is responsible for the distribution of PM Capital's investment funds to ...

Vision Super divests from three high carbon companies

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
Industry super fund Vision Super has furthered its commitment to low carbon investing by replacing three carbon intense companies from its portfolio with three low carbon investments. The move will achieve a reduction of 75% of the benchmark carbon ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
The NZ Super Fund returned 1.89% (after costs, before NZ tax) in the year to 30 June 2016. Performance was hampered by negative returns in global equities but the investment committee was still able to add value versus the passive reference portfolio ...

IFM active equity team wins first mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
IFM Investors' active equities team has won its first institutional mandate from an industry super fund. The $6.5 billion Mine Wealth + Wellbeing fund has awarded the firm's Australian Core Equities strategy its inaugural mandate. The exact size of ...