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Family office backs new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
Three founding members of Macquarie's Asian listed equities division are set to launch a boutique with the backing of a prominent family office. Sam Le Cornu, who was Macquarie's Asian listed equities business' co-head, executive director and head of ...

Zurich awards $100m passive mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... swapped managers. Zurich Investment Management has a total of $2.5 billion in assets under management. The current asset allocation for its flagship fund (managed growth fund) is: 32% to Aussie equities, 26% to international equities, 24% to diversified ...

Perfect storm smashes AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... the same definition of robo-advice. Most people when they talk about robo-advice they tend to talk about the asset allocation algorithms. We're talking about the identification of client needs, and then being able to identify solutions."

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... challenging] as compared to the previous 10 years," Future Fund chief executive David Neal said. The year-end asset allocation stands at: 23.6% in global equities (25.5% at June 30), 15.8% in private equity (14.1% previously), 14.6% in alternative assets ...

Hayne targets superannuation employer connections

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne took a hard-line against hawking superannuation products and the practices of "treating" employers in his final Royal Commission report. Hayne wants the hawking or unsolicited offer of superannuation products to be prohibited ...

Industry Super Australia attacks Future Fund concept

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... Future Fund. The peak body said the analysis is based on top quartile balanced pension fund options, because their asset allocation is "substantially similar" to balanced accumulation options, but with a similar tax treatment to the Future Fund. The ...

Industry Super Australia forecasts a rate cut

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
Industry Super Australia's chief economist said the RBA's next move on the cash rate could be downwards. ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony said it is likely the Reserve Bank of Australia could shave 25 basis points off the 1.5% cash rate in the fourth ...

State Super appoints CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... four years at the Future Fund as the head of private markets. In these roles, Gabriel had responsibility for asset allocation, portfolio construction, and risk management; and managing a range of service providers and direct investments. Wu joined State ...

Regulators in Productivity Commission firing line

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... requirement for all investment options to be compared to a listed investment benchmark portfolio tailored to their asset allocation. Funds should be required to undertake a 12 month period of remediation if an option falls beneath the benchmark portfolio ...

Advice dealer group, fintech align

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... can also benefit from a wide range of data feeds offered by Cashwerkz, enabling them to comprehensively measure asset allocation, cash exposure and liquidity levels. "We are very conscious of the need to continuously innovate throughout our organisation ...