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Hostplus tripling venture capital exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Industry superannuation fund Hostplus is committing $400 million to venture capital over the next five years with a portion likely to be invested before year's end. The move will triple Hostplus' current investment in venture capital and will add to ...

CIPR discussion paper by year's end

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
There are still plenty of policy issues that have to be unpicked around Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement but Treasury says a framework discussion paper will be released by year's end. Treasury retirement income policy division head, Jenny ...

SMSF investors not all in property

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
A new industry survey has found about 84% of investors hold their properties outside a self-managed superannuation fund, and more than 70% remain bullish about residential real estate. The Property Investor Sentiment Survey, prepared by the Property ...

Keep super ship steady in rocky markets: CIO

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Kinetic Super chief investment officer Paul Kessell is encouraging superannuation investors not to act rashly in the wake of jittery share markets. Following a loss of more than 2% during Monday's trading on the ASX, investors may question whether share ...

Saxo launches digital bond trading solution

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Multi-asset trading and investment specialist Saxo Capital Markets has launched a digital trading solution for corporate and government bonds across global markets. The solution will be rolled out in October on SaxoTraderGO, the group's multi-asset ...

Rice Warner strengthens team

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Financial services business adviser Rice Warner has appointed a new senior consultant to its team. Joining the industry consultant is Andrea McDonnell. She has more than 30 years' of consulting experience in the insurance, superannuation and employee ...

Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Tapping in to Chinese demand for services will likely require changes to industry thinking and practices, as well as greater thought around policy decisions on the export of financial services and foreign investment screening. These were some of the ...

A-REITs will have to work harder in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Real estate fund manager Folkestone says several positives came out of the A-REIT reporting season and 2017 will present challenges to maintain the investment vehicle's strong returns. Folkestone's latest analysis shows A-REITs returned 26% in the year ...

$1.6 million cap will not derail retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Analysis from actuarial consultants Milliman shows there are good signs the proposed $1.6 million superannuation tax-free threshold in retirement will deliver a comfortable lifestyle within average life expectancy. The analysis suggests there is a 94% ...

Link directors resign

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Two Link Group directors have resigned following a sell down of remaining shares from two of the company's pre-IPO investors. Both Paul McCullagh and Cameron Blanks resigned from their board positions on Friday, following the previous day's sell down ...