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Concentrated funds outperform diversified

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
International equities funds with a concentrated approach have outperformed their diversified counterparts, according to Zenith Investment Partners' latest international shares sector review. The review found that 70% of concentrated funds, or funds ...

Finsia scholarship winner named

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
Finsia has revealed the winner of the 2016 Hugh DT Williamson scholarship. Senior associate at Ashurst, Lucienne Cassidy, has been named as this year's recipient and will be granted an award valued at $16,500 to assist her to complete the Business Essentials ...

Mercer principal joins IMCA board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
The Investment Management Consultants Association of Australia has appointed five new board members. Principal of Mercer Investments Hendrie Koster has joined the board, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge in asset class research, portfolio construction ...

JCB fund added to Macquarie Wrap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
The Jamieson Coote Bonds active Australian Bond strategy is now available via the Macquarie Wrap platform. Distributed by Channel Capital, the CC JCB Active Bond Fund is the retail version of JCB's wholesale strategy. Commenting on the fund, Channel ...

RARE appoints new state manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
RARE Infrastructure has appointed a former CommSec business development manager as its first regional manager for QLD and WA. Working out of a newly opened Brisbane office, Nathan Ahboo has joined RARE to drive and expand client relationships across ...

Impact only fund makes first investments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
Impact Investment Group's (IIG) Giant Leap Fund has made its first two investments and expects to deliver investors higher returns from purpose driven businesses. IIG raised $13 million for Giant Leap, which is Australia's first venture capital fund ...

Green bonds open impact avenue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The interest and popularity of socially responsible investments has created new opportunities for investors, and green bonds especially have opened avenues to impact investments for fixed income investors. According to Moody's Investors Service, in ...

Bennelong fund added to two platforms

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The Bennelong Concentrated Australian Equities Fund has been added to the Macquarie and BT Wrap platforms. Managed by Bennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) the fund has achieved an average annual return of 17.49% since inception. The Concentrated ...

FPA and AFA merger unlikely: De Gori

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
A merger between the FPA and the AFA certainly has its merits, but could incur greater division within the financial advice landscape. Speaking to Financial Standard at the 2016 FPA Professionals Congress, FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said he often ...

Responsible investment plagues super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
About two thirds of Australia's largest superannuation funds are yet to embed responsible investment requirements with external fund managers. This is one key finding delivered by the inaugural Superfund Responsible Investment Benchmarking Report, released ...