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Retail funds favour lifecycle MySuper options

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
More than half of all retail funds offering MySuper products have adopted a lifecycle approach, while all but four industry funds have opted for static strategic asset allocation (SAA), according to research by Mercer. The release of the research, entitled ...

Aon creates new financial division

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
Aon Risk Solutions has integrated its four existing financial businesses into an expanded segment called Financial Specialties. Aon M&A Solutions, Environmental Services Group, Trade Credit and Surety, and Financial Services Group will now be part of ...

$1.5 billion given away by PAFs since launch

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
By the end of 2014, Private Ancillary Funds (PAFs) will have distributed more than $1.5 billion to charitable causes since the philanthropic trust structure was established more than 12 years ago, according to a JBWere report on the sector. The PAF ...

MSI launches three new SIV funds

HARRY PAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
Macquarie Specialist Investments (MSI) has launched three new funds, broadening its Significant Investment Visa (SIV) following the 888 Fund that was established last year. Conservative, Balanced and Growth funds are the new three that MSI has launched. ...

CFSGAM wins VicSuper infra mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
Super fund VicSuper has awarded a mandate worth $100 million to Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) to manage its new listed infrastructure portfolio. This represents the $12 billion super fund's first foray into listed infrastructure ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Australian shares have fallen as China's economic growth numbers continue to weigh on the market. With US markets closed for the Martin Luther King Jr public holiday, investors are taking their cues from Chinese gross domestic product (GDP) data, Invast ...

Bentham AM nabs analyst from GMO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Bentham Asset Management appointed a former GMO analyst as Systems and Database analyst. Tommy Tam was global investment manager GMO Quantitative Systems analyst and Portfolio trader within the Australian Equities Strategies division. Before joining ...

RBA rate cut on cards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
A lack of strength in the Australian economy could force the Reserve Bank (RBA) into another rate cut, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) investment manager Angus Bell. Even in a best case scenario Bell doesn't see Australia's record ...

Frontier market corporate governance greatly improved

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
Greater local competition, improved governance and the involvement of institutional investors has greatly increased the investment prospects of the world's frontier markets, according to emerging market specialist Advance Emerging Capital. Frontier ...

Banks need top line growth after SMSF-led run

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
The big four banks need to see top line revenue growth after a year that saw income-hungry self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and other investors invest heavily in the banks, according StocksInValue head of equities insights and publishing David ...