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Hedge funds in the green

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... driven-activist strategy in 2019 (17.46%). The best performing strategy that eVestment tracks were convertible arbitrage funds, returning 6.89% year to date. The average convertible arbitrage fund returned 2.64% in August and 9.05% in 2019. "Nearly 90% ...

Australian Unity adds to leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... said. Goodwin was previously director at Macrovue, joint managing director at Arena Investment Management, chief executive - funds management at Becton Property Group and corporate finance manager at Centro Properties Group. He started his career as ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... completion and vying for a graduate job. One student from the University of New South Wales, armed with his desire for real funds management experience, saw a gap in tertiary education for financial markets and decided to do something about it. As a ...

HESTA adds to leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... proprietary trading at Credit Suisse and has also held chief investment officer roles at Austock Asset Management and Challenger Funds Management. "HESTA has been entrusted with investing the retirement savings of Australia's front-line carers for ...

Super fund boss remuneration on the agenda

KARREN VERGARA, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Two major superannuation funds are reviewing their remuneration structures as a result of COVID-19, which will potentially see many executive pay reduce, a public hearing found. Hostplus chief executive David Elia appeared before the House of Representatives ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... ClaimRight founder William Johns was assisting a client with MS in accessing the insurance she held through several super funds when he realised that, thanks to CommInsure's definition of MS in its group policies, the client would not be eligible. ...

High performance funds significantly underperform: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
New research from Rainmaker Information has found that high performance Australian equity funds significantly underperformed their benchmark over the three years to June 2020. The median high performance fund underperformed its benchmark by 300 basis ...

Super fund tops up Tribeca mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... inception to last month's end, better than the benchmark (S&P/ASX200 Accumulation Index)'s -3.79%. Sage's two funds just got rated recommended ratings from Lonsec.

Increased SG equals increased fees: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... total economic loss is $182,000 over a lifetime," he said. "Raising the compulsory super contribution rate to 12% will see funds charge this typical earner an extra $28,000 in fees over their lifetime, losing an addition $20,000 of investment income." ...

ASIC takes disqualification decision to Federal Court

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... another Queensland-based auditor Douglas Coughlan, had violated auditor independence requirements in auditing their own funds, the funds of an immediate family member and the fund of a close family member. "Self-managed superannuation fund auditors play ...