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FICAP marks 10th anniversary with record fundraising

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... onstage: Tim Sanderson from Count won the Challenger Best Male Artist award for his take of Melissa Etheridge's 'Bring Me Some Water' while Kitty McNiven from BlackRock won Perpetual Best Newcomer Award for her performance of Joan Jett's 'I Love Rock ...

Industry funds happy SG charge retained

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... wages and we should be aiming for full compliance by sending a strong signal. We welcome the government's decision to not water down penalties and we call on them to work with industry to initiate policies that will tighten compliance." Under the proposed ...

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... that he has done enough, "You can't make people be confident, I certainly can't." "I've allowed the horse to come to the water with cheap funding. I can't make it drink." The RBA cash rate was at 2.5% at the time - actual capex was falling around mid-single ...

Blue Sky lifts profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... where the new ideas and growth companies of the future will be found. "Our focus in recent years on the essentials - food, water, education, housing, student accommodation, agriculture and infrastructure - has been the key to this performance." Blue ...

A negative sum game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
Last week was a happy one for equity markets with most benchmark indices registering sharp gains at the end of five days of trade. Is it now safe to go back in the waters? Or a dead cat bounce? It happened not so long ago, you know -- when the rebound ...

Adviser roadshow shines light on modern-day advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Financial advisers took home plenty of business tips at an adviser roadshow yesterday - and many of them are refreshingly unconventional. The main function centre of Doltone House, overlooking the waterfront view of Jones Bay Wharf in Sydney, was the ...

Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... members instead of taking systemic action," Gocher said. "As a result, millions of people who care about protecting our land, water, environment and climate are still financing the very industry which threatens them. "To make matters worse, the fossil ...

Industry fund flags DB issues in Fraser review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... concerns about the administration of defined benefit schemes. Vision Super, a $7.5 billion fund for local government and water authority employees, said any move to mandate independent directors on super fund boards could adversely impact the complex ...

Norwegian fund reviews ESG approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
One of the world's largest pension funds has updated its investment expectations on human and children's rights, water management and climate change. Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, which manages about US$804 billion, recently released its ...

ETFs saw record growth in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw their highest-ever annual growth in 2015, increasing funds under management by 42% to $21 billion. As BetaShares' Australian ETF Review: Year End 2015 report noted, the ETF sector saw record inflows in 2015 in spite ...