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VicSuper awards $100m corporate bonds mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
VicSuper has awarded a $100 million investment mandate to a fixed income manager to invest in diversified Australian corporate loans. Metrics Credit Partners will manage the mandate, which falls under VicSuper's domestic fixed interest strategy. The ...

First State Super socially responsible options go green

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... fuel, but Brandweiner said that the fund will introduce energy ratings to the companies it invests in. "Our research will focus on the companies' resilience to climate change, the existence of stranded assets and the ways companies are dealing with climate ...

NAB launches robo-advice platform

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
NAB has unveiled its new digital advice service for internet banking customers. NAB Prosper will initially be made available to 40,000 NAB internet banking users, who will be surveyed about their financial status and goals. Based on that information ...

Charter Hall industrial funds swell

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... pre-leasing of land banks, recycling of non-core assets and future acquisitions." CPIF fund manager Paul Ford said: "Our focus is on owning and managing a geographically diverse and high quality portfolio of industrial and logistics properties leased ...

Women fail to break into the industry's last boys club

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
The Australian funds management industry is failing to attract female fund managers, even if research proves that gender diverse investment teams outperform those who are male-only. At a time when the financial services sector is pushing to increase ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... Roodt added the "chain of evidence" on how investment decisions are made and why they are made is becoming a key area of focus for APRA.

MySuper fees force super fund to exit high return strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... MySuper fee pressure they have to reduce their exposure to this real asset class, which for me is nonsense," Foster said. "The focus on fees here continues to press on," he said, and added that "from our perspective it will be very interesting to see ...

Super law changes "political suicide"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... Australia to do the same. Because of this, he said there was a growing opportunity for specialist advice licensees that focus on national and international taxation law. "There's a number of people from Australia who work overseas, whether it's in Dubai ...

The $17trn infra opportunity investors have overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
Super funds that want to increase their allocation to infrastructure assets without compromising their environmental, social and governance criteria should consider an investment in water equities. That's the opinion of Kleinwort Benson Investors, a ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
David Heather has been waiting for managed accounts to take off since 2001. The managedaccounts.com.au chief executive has watched interest grow across the investment spectrum, from large institutions to retail accumulators, but he's never seen any ...