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Flinders fund added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... strategies. We are pleased a platform like Macquarie will back new managers that are performing well," Tucker said. Early performance of the Flinders fund has been strong delivering 23.3%, or 490bps over the Small Ordinaries Index since inception in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... advertisements lead employment growth by around 6-9 months. The ABS will release June employment figures on 14 July. AiG performance of services Another lucky break. While the Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of services index slipped from ...

Super funds on track to post positive return this year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... SelectingSuper Default Option Index includes a forecast drop of over 1.5% in the month of June, driven by the poor performance of equity markets, especially in the wake of a surprise vote in favour of the UK leaving the European Union. The rolling 12 ...

Improvements in ESG leadership: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... because it believes "that environmental and social sustainability risks have material effects on the long-term performance of companies. Disclosure of company performance on sustainability risks is integral to investors being able to make quality investment ...

AMP Capital determined to keep China fund open

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... unitholders a package of enhancements that we believe are in their best interests and will help to further improve the performance of the fund." These enhancements include: improving the flexibility of the fund's investment mandate, reducing base management ...

Sentiment recovers but cash still king

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... (22.0%)." Turnbull added things may change in the future with a general decline in investor satisfaction with the performance of their cash over recent quarters. "While cash remains popular among investors, only one quarter (23.9%) are happy with the ...

BetaShares launches model portfolio service for advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... conservative portfolio, a moderate portfolio, a balanced portfolio, a growth portfolio and a high growth portfolio. The performance of the model portfolios will be tracked, and model allocations will be adjusted on a quarterly basis as asset valuations ...

Top companies still in the dark on ESG

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... greater disclosure of ESG investment risks," Rolfe said. "Recognising ESG factors as critical to the financial performance of entities is key to both initial and ongoing investment decisions." Rolfe said on top of demanding improvement to risk management ...

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... put it, "the fee pressure the industry is under." This isn't a bad thing, of course, given the relatively high performance of the average Australian super fund relative to overseas equivalents. Loane pointed to the FSC/Deloitte 'Financial performance ...

QIC launches retail property fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... investor, QIC, has announced the creation of the QIC US Shopping Centre Fund, allowing investors to benefit from the performance of select US retail real estate markets. QIC are targeting to raise US$750 million ($1 billion) to US$1billion ($1.4 billion) ...