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Microequities AM launches microcap global fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... underlying asset class" Microequities AM chief investment officer Carlos Gil said. Microequities was initially an investment research house solely specialised in microcaps, but it expanded into funds management in early 2009 by launching its flagship ...

Foreign investment into Australia doubles to $43.6bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
Foreign investment into Australia through managed investment trusts (MITs) has more than doubled and was $43.6 billion for the year to 31 December, 2014. The '2015 Australian Investment Managers Cross-Border Flows Report' by the Financial Services Council ...

HESTA awards low volatility mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... superannuation funds such as HESTA. "The strategy uses Robeco's proprietary quantitative method based on award-winning research, which exploits the low-risk anomaly - aiming to maximise the sharpe ratio." In September, HESTA partnered with Social Ventures ...

Share market risk returns are a lucky dip: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
Investing in equities over government bonds is equivalent to taking a spin on the wheel of fortune according to research published jointly by Challenger and Drew, Walk & Co. The research says equity risk premiums (ERP) - the additional equity return ...

Lazard funds rated by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... Asset Management's flagship Select Australian Equity Fund has retained its 'highly recommended' status from independent research house Lonsec, following a recent review. The Lazard Select Australian Equity Fund, which is a high conviction, benchmark ...

Oil price fall forces sovereign funds to switch gears

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... oil prices remain lower, sovereign funds are expected to focus on other parts of the economy. Moody's Investors Survey research of global sovereign funds shows that for the year to December 2014 there were 26 globally invested funds with $4.5 trillion ...

Evolving super sparks C-suite shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... technologies, wider availability of data, member retention and regulation, Rainmaker Information recently conducted preliminary research of c-suite executive role titles in its database and found there were several areas super funds have established ...

Super non-compliance to cost $44 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... entitlements could cost workers $44 billion in retirement savings over the next decade. This is the conclusion of Cbus research, which chief executive David Atkin argued highlighted "the need for Government, the industry and the Australian Tax Office ...

Super guarantee charge bundled by red tape repeals

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... (penalties with interest) for non-compliance. The ATO had collected about half of these penalties at the time of the research.

Tax reform must not betray women

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... insurance the individual would have." The Commonwealth Bank's submission cites many of these recommendations and recent research by Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) that found some women (aged 35 to 49 who are non-advised) have a ...