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How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... instance, 2011 saw the high tide for commodities coincide with strong liquidity flows from quantitative easing. This was ideal for the north-west bloc, with both the Brazilian real and Australian dollar reaching their peak values," he said. Power believes ...

Super funds launch mental-illness claims benchmark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
Industry fund-sponsored organisation SuperFriend has today released detailed quantitative research on mental illness-related claims through group insurance, a project it has called the Super Mental Illness National Data (SuperMIND) Project. The research ...

Super fees drop as fund war rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... executive Tom Garcia said that one strategy to lower fees is "moving to a more passive investment regime, which might not be ideal for members." "Passive investment means they don't have access to liquid assets like infrastructure, which is one of the ...

Maurice Blackburn mulls class action against Macquarie

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... class action, individual action or entering into the compensation scheme," Berrill said, and added that the latter is not ideal, but is "better than nothing." He expressed concern that the compensation scheme made public last Friday reproduced the same ...

Treasury Group shares surge on merger news

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
Shares in Australian fund manager Treasury Group have surged more than 9% following news of a merger with US-based investment business Northern Lights Capital Partners. Treasury Group stocks shot up 88 cents to $10.53 in an hour's trade on Tuesday ...

New Investors Mutual LIC gets rating and platform approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
Investors Mutual's new listed investment company, QV Equities, has been included on BT, Colonial First State, MLC and Macquarie's platform offerings and received ratings from Lonsec and Zenith. The company said the inclusion in leading dealer group's ...

Former Macquarie exec to head IRESS division

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
IRESS has appointed former Macquarie executive Matthew Rady as its new group executive for its financial markets business. Reporting directly to chief executive officer Andrew Walsh, Rady will be responsible for leading IRESS' financial markets business ...

Former Macquarie exec joins IRESS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
Share market and wealth management systems provider IRESS has appointed Matthew Rady as its new group executive, financial markets. Rady was previously at Macquarie Group, where he was executive director of banking and financial group services. His ...

ASIC asks FSI for more flexible toolkit

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... that have occurred in the financial system since the Wallis Inquiry. We welcome the current Financial System Inquiry, as an ideal opportunity for this kind of review, and look forward to continuing to make a contribution to it," Price finished. Click ...

AusSuper grants London property mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... will be more involved in investment decisions. AustralianSuper head of property Jack McGougan said: "This mandate is an ideal fit for AustralianSuper. The UK office market - central London in particular - sits well with our investment approach. "It has ...