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S&P launches long-term sustainability index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... and education for market participants." Unsurprisingly (given the objective of the index), there has been particular interest from large long-term institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds. New Zealand Superannuation Fund chief executive Adrian ...

Lifecycle funds startlingly varied

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
New research into lifecycle superannuation funds shows little consistency between approaches and vast gulfs in exposure to equity risk across similar age cohorts. Industry researcher Rainmaker has turned its eye to the product segment as the depth of ...

Margin lenders tighten policies after ASIC review

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... and the remaining four have made commitments to reduce risks by changing lending policies. Extra buffers to allow for interest rate rises and changes in expenses, lower maximum allowable loan amounts and lower loan to value ratios have all been introduced. ...

Super's purpose under further scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... funding of pre-retirement needs comes with a number of problems, the most impactful being the exponential loss of compound interest within a long-term investment like super," ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said. Vamos said if a person aged 30 on ...

United approach to super fund disclosure: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) is calling for financial services regulators and administrators to coordinate their data on superannuation fund investments as a way of streamlining overlaps in reporting and disclosure ...

Industry fund backs US toll road

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... Moto Hospitality, a chain of service stations in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile Canadian pension funds have flagged their interest in Australian infrastructure.

BGL joins DomaCom in fight for Kidman

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... acquisition of Kidman Station demonstrates the scalability of the DomaCom model." DomaCom said about 4000 people had expressed interest to invest up to $55 million in the bid to secure the vast pastoral holdings that comprise 17 properties and three ...

ETFs saw record growth in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... between Australian equities and developed market international equities, resulting in $1.7 billion of new money each. "Interest in European exposures also grew substantially as investors became more confident in the resolution of the Eurozone crisis ...

Economic experts still defensive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... Asset Allocations that an overall defensive position remained warranted although valuations had improved across fixed interest and equity markets. They said many valuations remained expensive when set against a prospect of only modest economic growth ...

Australian ethical investing continues rise

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
Interest in ethical investment is shaping to continue its rise during 2016 following the latest inflow figures from ASX-listed wealth manager Australian Ethical. Australian Ethical increased its funds under management (FUM) by 13% to more than $1.4 ...