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Active management culture shifts boardroom discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
A global fund manager says all active management is not created equal yet it is being lumped together, leaving the industry to rewire its conversations with asset owners. During a trip to Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland recently to speak to institutional ...

Retirement village receives super fund boost

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
An owner, developer and manager of retirement villages throughout the east coast of Australia is poised for further expansion following a majority equity investment from an industry superannuation fund. First State Super, manager of $85 billion in retirement ...

Tracing super back to 1517

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
According to Dundas Global Investors senior partner Alan McFarlane, the true architect of superannuation wasn't Paul Keating - it was Martin Luther. While he admitted it was a long bow to draw, McFarlane told delegates at the Australian Institute of ...

Latin America: the best-kept investment secret

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
With strong growth characteristics and increasing diversification of trade, Latin America's Pacific Alliance presents many opportunities for investors. The alliance - comprising Colombia, Chile, Peru and Mexico - was described as a "secret well kept" ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
The financial headlines talked about the Bank of Canada's (BOC) decision last night to raise its benchmark overnight rate by 25 basis points to 1% - and the Bank Rate and the deposit rate by the same to 1.25% and 0.75% - as having taken the markets ...

The pointy end of super regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
With the risk of market turmoil subsiding, super funds are now contending with preparing for two key pieces of industry regulation. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast, new AIST ...

Boutiques actively proving value

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Boutique Australian equity managers have demonstrated the value of active management, outperforming benchmarks and non-boutique managers over three, five, seven and 10 years. According to the latest insight from Fidante Partners, boutique Australian ...

Sole fund closed by Australian equities manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Integrity Investment Management terminated its only fund with immediate effect last Friday as its founder prepares for a sabbatical. An announcement on the firm's website explains the Integrity Australian Share Fund has ceased to accept applications ...

Labor takes aim at executive pay

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
The Federal Opposition has adopted a new party policy to force Commonwealth entities, including investment managers, to publish details of executive remuneration. Formally amending the rules surrounding executive remuneration, Labor will aim to ensure ...

New manager for Charter Hall fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
A former senior executive at GIC Real Estate is the new fund manager for Charter Hall's Prime Office Fund. Following a formal recruitment process, Matthew Brown has been appointed to manage the $3.5 billion fund, leveraging his 20 years' experience ...