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Government debt is not bad: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
The federal government should be borrowing "with its ears pinned back" to exploit low interest rates and stimulate growth rather than starving the economy of capital to establish nation building projects. Addressing an investment forum in Sydney yesterday ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
Magellan Financial Group has outgrown its 1960s office block on Sydney's Castlereagh Street and co-founder Hamish Douglass is looking for new premises. But the manager of the highly successful Magellan Global Fund is worried the sites he's been shown ...

UK adds SMSF after slashing Australian pension schemes

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has added an Australian pension scheme to its qualified recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS) list after slashing the number of Aussie funds from 1,600 to one on July 1. From early September, the P Wyns ...

Tempo gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Tempo Asset Management has received its first rating from Lonsec for its Global Equity Fund. Lonsec cited Tempo's strategy as "heavily grounded in academic research, and Lonsec considers the investment team to have a strong pedigree in translating academic ...

Government must not mandate products for super members: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia said the AIST supports more flexibility around retirement product development but the federal government should not be mandating particular products for super members. Opening ...

Aberdeen launches $700m liquid alternatives fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
Aberdeen Asset Management has launched its $700 million Aberdeen Alternative Strategies Fund (AASF). By using what Aberdeen described as an "Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) regulated investment structure," the ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... Zealand setting up KiwiSaver schemes, which she says was "a terrific opportunity". "It was an exciting time to get in on the ground level. Everyone was setting up new schemes and new arrangements were in place because of legislation," Wade says. "An ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
Activism from fund members and social media users concerned about environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues could end up hurting superannuation returns. The recent campaign against HESTA's exposure to Transfield has highlighted the risks that ...

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
Governance concerns and member pressure were behind HESTA and NGS Super's decision to divest from Transfield, but a closer look at the company revealed considerable investment risk. "We looked at it and we saw that there are a lot of other companies ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... Capital for around three years, but when he was offered the opportunity to build Schroders' presence in Victoria from the ground up, he felt he had to accept. "At AMP Capital I was one of the team," he explains, "but with Schroders I'd be the 'lone ranger'. ...