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Value stocks at inflection point: Perennial

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Perennial Value Management sees Australian equities at an inflection point in terms of favouring value with a host of small to medium-cap companies showing a strong earnings and dividend growth outlook. Perennial managing director John Murray told a ...

Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Blunt messages are being sent to the Productivity Commission as it prepares to conduct its comprehensive review of superannuation's competitiveness and efficiency. Responding to the Commission's recent draft measurement framework, the Australian Centre ...

Parametric keeps value factors in check

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Global asset manager and tax efficiency specialist Parametric is pitching to Australian superannuation funds with a factor-based investment strategy for global equities that targets the value factor. Parametric chief investment officer Paul Bouchey ...

QIC and Future Fund win Port of Melbourne lease

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
A QIC-led consortium has topped an IFM Investors-led group to secure ownership of one of Australia's largest infrastructure assets and acquire the 50-year lease at the Port of Melbourne. Known as the Lonsdale Consortium, QIC, in conjunction with the ...

CSC names new board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation is welcoming a new director following the departure of Lyn Gearing earlier this month. Joining the CSC board is Ariane Barker. She is currently general manager, products and markets at JBWere and has more ...

Global equity managers not currency selectors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
When superannuation 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 ...

Retirement income opportunities begin early

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
Choice chief executive Alan Kirkland believes bi-partisan government support is needed for a superannuation objective that makes the retirement income message clear. Kirkland says too often debates occur around super's purpose and whether people's retirement ...

Agricultural investors create $10 million VC fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
A joint agricultural investment initiative between diversified financial services group Findex and the National Farmers' Federation is progressing toward the launch of a $10 million venture capital fund. The fund, created by joint venture SproutX and ...

$500,000 non-concessional cap scratched

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
The Federal Government has reworked its 2016 Budget measures on superannuation to drop the $500,000 lifetime non-concessional cap and alter several other policies. Treasurer Scott Morrison announced the changes this morning and said the government will ...

Legg Mason launches macro bond fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Global asset manager Legg Mason is launching a macro bond fund for Australian investors searching for fixed income exposure but concerned about the limitations of traditional bond funds. The Legg Mason Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund takes ...