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Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Divestment out of companies that are heavily involved in carbon intensive activities could reach $50 billion over the next five years. Fiona Reynolds, managing director of the global investor group, Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), stated ...

MySuper fee savings can be doubled

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
MySuper will result in total cost savings of $1.4 billion to the overall super system, but introducing some simple measures could double that amount, according to the Grattan Institute. The Institute's productivity growth program director, Jim Minifie ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has called for a bipartisan commitment to 12% superannuation contributions by 2022 in her keynote speech to the FSC Annual Conference on the Gold Coast. "With average balances still low - at $70,000 ...

Adapt or die, asset managers warned

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
Asset managers all over the world are recognising they need to adapt their business models if they are to remain relevant to ever-more powerful asset owners. State Street surveyed 400 senior executives from investment management firms from Europe, the ...

Indian economy accelerating/slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
It wasn't only the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) that didn't surprise with its unchanged policy decision yesterday, that other reserve bank did too. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced no change in policy settings following the conclusion of ...

Alpha Fund Managers add AB fund to portfolio

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Alpha Fund Managers has become the initial investor in the AllianceBernstein (AB) Global Equities Fund by adding the fund to its multi-manager portfolio. AB chief executive officer Australia, Jen Driscoll, said a differentiated approach to delivering ...

FEATURE: Custody under review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Custodians are a vital organ for super funds and asset managers. Darren Snyder explores the trillion-dollar industry. The $2.6 trillion Australian custody market has been highly active during the past 18 months and continues to be watched as several ...

AMP Capital to invest in Garden City Shopping Centre

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
AMP Capital has lodged a development application with the City of Melville for the $750 million redevelopment and expansion of Perth's Garden City Shopping Centre. Garden City is owned by investors in the $4 billion AMP Capital Diversified Property ...

Australian Ethical reduces super fee

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Australian Ethical has reduced the administration fee for its $788 million superannuation fund. From today, the fee will go from 0.93% to 0.63%, as part of a "medium-term strategy" to improve fee competitiveness. According to Australian Ethical managing ...

Climate change to shrink investment by $5.7trn

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015