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IFM Investors and Samsung partner for infrastructure fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
An Australian institutional investment manager is partnering with Korea-based Samsung Asset Management to form a global infrastructure debt fund. The US$480 million fund will be jointly managed by IFM Investors and Samsung Asset Management to invest ...

Forager senior analyst to exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
Forager Funds Management is seeking an investment analyst to assist in the management of its Australian Shares Fund, following the resignation of a senior analyst. According to an ASX announcement, senior equities analyst Daniel Mueller tendered his ...

FSC awards life insurance standouts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
The Financial Services Council recognised the best and brightest in the life insurance industry overnight at a gala dinner in Sydney. AIA head of retail risk, optimisation and compliance Kathleen Williams received the Young Achiever Award at the FSC ...

Gross and PIMCO settle dispute

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
Star bond manager Bill Gross has settled a law suit with former employer PIMCO, ending a 15-month legal battle. Gross, 72, sued PIMCO for $US200 million following his abrupt departure from the firm in 2014, claiming that he was forced out so colleagues ...

SMSF investors shift gears

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Self-managed superannuation fund trustees have high growth expectations for the next 12 months yet more than 50% have moved to more defensive asset allocations amid continuing market volatility, the latest statistics from AMP Capital show. AMP Capital's ...

Insto trading volumes surge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Institutional trading volumes inside Liquidnet's global network jumped 44% in the three months to December 2016, outpacing the Australian public markets. Liquidnet's latest figures also show about $2.7 billion of principal was traded, driven by growing ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
A few more sleeps and the fed funds rate would no longer have a zero in front of a decimal point but a one. Unless something surprisingly dramatic occurs between now and the ides of March (15th of March), the US Federal Reserve is sure to announce its ...

AMP super trust adds $450m corporate fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
A $450 million corporate super fund will transfer to AMP's SignatureSuper master trust. The Water Corporation Superannuation Plan represents more than 3500 members. The decision to move to AMP followed a tender process which determined SignatureSuper ...

Margin lending investors keen to borrow more

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
Margin lending investors are voicing stronger intent to borrow more through their margin loans, indicating the group is becoming savvier as risk managers. The positivity comes amidst an industry-wide surge in attention to risk management, according ...

Cahill resigns from Club Plus Super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Long-serving Club Plus Superannuation chief executive and director of Club Plus Financial Planning Paul Cahill is resigning from the fund. Cahill was appointed the inaugural chief executive of Club Plus Super and has been chief executive of the NSW ...