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IFM active equity team wins first mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... Kong). Head of active equities Neil Carter was joined by head of large cap active equities Lachlan Davis and head of research Mark McClatchey. The new team, which has extensive experience in quantitative and fundamental investment management in Australia ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
Australian residential property prices Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed residential property prices in the country's eight capital cities rebounded by 2.0% in the June quarter. Although this is less than market expectations ...

Women behind in financial wellness survey

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Women are "overrepresented" in low financial wellness indices, according to Workplace Super Specialists Australia research. The WSSA Financial Wellness index was developed in partnership with CoreData, and essentially defines the extent to which a given ...

Parametric keeps value factors in check

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... Paul Bouchey was in Australia recently to meet super funds and provide his thoughts on the strategy, also released via a research paper. Bouchey said due to its low fee structure, the factor investing movement has the potential "to disrupt the business ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
US housing market index The NAHB housing market index rose to a reading of 65 in September, a sharp improvement from the previous month's 59 level. This was better than the expected increase to 60 and the best reading since October 2015. Better, all ...

CSC names new board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
... board director at IDP Education; a member of the investment committee and development board at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; and a member of the community advisory committee at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. Barker will replace ...

Where's the Brexit-induced recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016

Global equity managers not currency selectors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... funds structure a global equity investment mandate it is beneficial to manage the currency component externally, new research finds. A study released by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) implies super funds would benefit from ...

Retirement income opportunities begin early

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... Kirkland says the industry and government needs a more definitive focus on member engagement across the board. From Choice research it is clear consumers see super funds as a passive relationship where "they get statements in the mail and not much else." ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
Australia employment The world of financial markets and tea-leaves watching would be a boring place if not for "seasonality adjusted" estimates of economic statistics, especially ones that go up one month and down the next and/or beat expectations one ...