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Alternatives delivering for infra and PE

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... returns. This is one of the key pieces of analysis provided by Frontier Advisors at its annual conference in Melbourne this week, and produced at a time when super funds have doubled their exposure to alternative assets between 2007 and 2016. Frontier ...

Surveys show accumulation and retirement battle

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Two superannuation industry surveys published this week have again reflected the difference between Australia's strong accumulation system and its problematic retirement models. Results from a Roy Morgan survey of more than 18,000 Australians with superannuation ...

Cbus upgrades support for violence victims

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... take this approach with our assets and our people," Atkin said. The move follows similar measures introduced by Equip this week.

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... in February justifies recent speculations that the the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would announce further policy easing later this week and the BOJ's call for the government to do more to help the central bank in its efforst to boost growth and battel deflation. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... sold US$57.2 billion of US Treasury debt and other notes in January, according to figures released by the US Treasury this week. That is up from US$48 billion in December and the highest monthly tally on record going back to 1978. It's part of a broader ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... the central bank to follow-up its 12.5 bps rate cut announced last December with another 12.5 bps reduction as soon as this week. This will take the bank's policy rate down to 1.5% -- just 25 bps shy of the record low 1.25% set in 2009/2010.

Quant hedge fund arrives down under

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Launching in Australia this week is a crowd-sourced quantitative hedge fund that was originally conceived as a way to "hack Wall Street". US-based Quantopian is an investment firm that provides an open platform where anyone can research, back test and ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... pressure on emerging market currencies. There'll be more of 'em CBs meeting to deliberating on their monetary settings this week. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Bank of England (BOE) are widely expected to keep their respective policies unchanged. ...

DomaCom starts bookbuild for LGBTI retirement village

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
As the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras gears up for its big parade this weekend, DomaCom has begun to bookbuild Australia's first purpose designed retirement home for the gay community. The Linton Estate in Ballan, Victoria, was founded by ...

Government help needed to remove innovation obstacles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... profile professional investors has said. In a plenary session at the My Platform Rules conference on the Gold Coast this week, Trimantium Capital managing director Phillip Kingston and IOOF chief investment officer Steve Merlicek led a discussion on ...