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Boutique launches new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
A boutique fund manager has launched a new income fund that provides an alternative to low-yielding cash and term deposits. Prime Value's Diversified High Yield Fund, which launched on August 1, aims to provide investors with a return of 4% per ...

IFM Investors sets significant emissions targets

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
IFM Investors has set emissions targets across its major assets that aim to reduce more than 200,000 tonnes of CO2 emitted by 2030. In an unprecedented move IFM Investors will now have emissions reduction targets through to 2030 and beyond. The targets ...

Government should intervene in BOLR changes: Opposition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
The NSW shadow minister for finance and small business has asked what the state government is doing for advisers facing financial ruin as a result of AMP's plan to change Buyer of Last Resort terms. Speaking in NSW parliament earlier this week ...

Pension fund joins action against Facebook

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
The California State Teachers' Retirement System has joined a derivatives case against Facebook in regards to Cambridge Analytica. The litigation at hand is a pending derivative lawsuit against Facebook's leadership, including the social media company's ...

Aussie equities manager expands team

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
A Melbourne boutique expanded its senior ranks with the appointment of a new head of distribution and investor relations. Collins Street Asset Management has appointed Rob Hay to the role, responsible for engaging with the fund's existing investors ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
"Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars And brought in matter that should feed this fire; And now 'tis far too huge to be blown out With that same weak wind which enkindled it." - The Life and Death of King John Bill Shakespeare might just ...

UniSuper scolds Aussie equity fundies

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
The $80 billion superannuation fund had some strong words for its external Aussie equities managers, saying their general underperformance was a "real disappointment" for the year. UniSuper's balanced investment option returned 9.9% for the year, as ...

Super fund renews admin contract

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
A $57 billion industry superannuation fund has renewed its administration contract, continuing a long-held relationship with Link Group. Rest has renewed its arrangements with Link Group for a term of 3 years and 8 months and includes an option for ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
We're now all too familiar with the heightened volatility in financial markets; the slowdown in global economic growth, led by rising expectations for a US recession (and perhaps, Germany); the trade war - US and China, Japan and South Korea; Brexit ...

Government super fund changes insurance terms, premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
A $29 billion government superannuation fund is making several changes to its premiums and policy terms following negotiations with its insurer AIA Australia. From 1 October 2019, members of GESB Super and West State Super will see changes to their ...