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US shutdown slowing pension payments

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
The continuing US shutdown is beginning to slow pension payments, with fears growing some payments could stop. The US secretary for the Veterans Administration Benefits and Services, Eric Shinseki, appeared end last week before the Congress committee ...

Zenith rates NSW Annuity Bonds 'recommended'

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
Managed funds research house Zenith has rated NSW Waratah Annuity Bonds - Series 7 'recommended'. The product is designed to provide a regular annuity style income stream over a defined nine year term via a debenture issued by the NSW Treasury Corporation ...

AustSuper's executive restructure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
AustralianSuper in its 2013 annual report has announced the completion of a corporate restructure, creating six core divisions that will report to long-time chief executive Ian Silk. These are Investments headed by Mark Delaney; Strategy, People and ...

Two awards for Australian Ethical

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Australian Ethical Investment has won two business awards - a Banksia and Green Lifestyle award for outstanding commitment to ethics, the environment and financial performance. The first award from the Banksia Foundation, which is a not-for-profit that ...

Wealthtrac launches SMSF smartphone app

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
Boutique platform group Wealthtrac has launched a mobile device application focused on self managed super that even facilitates fund establishment while mobile. Wealthtrac managing director, Matthew Johnson, said, "Our cloud-based SMSF platform brings ...

AQR managed futures funds receives recommended ratings

STAFF REPORTER  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
AQR Capital Management (AQR) has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating from research houses Lonsec and Zenith Investment Research Partners for its AQR Wholesale Managed Futures Fund. Commenting on the ratings, AQR principal Gregor Andrade, who was recently ...

UK retirees have more debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
UK retirees are using higher proportions of their retirement savings to pay off debt, reveals the Spring 2013 UK Aviva Real Retirement Report. "Despite the increasing tendency to work past the old Default Retirement Age of 65, it seems more people are ...

AMP reveals new leadership team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013

ANU fund adopts ethical investment guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
The $1 billion on-balance sheet Australian National University investment fund has announced it is modifying its investment guidelines to ensure investments it holds in the future will "minimise social injury". However, ANU chancellor and former minister ...

Insto investors want better marketing material

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
When being presented with marketing material from investment managers, institutional investors suffer the same poor standard of fund information as retail investors, reveals new research from specialist alternative investment researcher Preqin. Top ...