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No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... - the lowest rate since pre-GFC (8.3% in February 2007). The BLS defines the U-6 unemployment rate as: "Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the ...

NZ manager launches retirement product

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... account, would receive a guaranteed income of $192.31 every fortnight, for life. The fund charges a $30 annual member charge plus a 1.6% per annum fee.

Multi-asset strategy enters Aussie retail market

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... in our view, is off the mark," he said. The fund's unconstrained investment approach targets absolute returns of inflation plus three to 5%. "We don't have a benchmark and that's important in multi-asset because if you have a benchmark it may give you ...

Westpac chair joins boutique manager board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... will provide investors an exposure to a portfolio of more than 50 corporate loans targeting a return of the RBA cash rate plus 3.25% per annum net of fees. MCP manages wholesale funds with assets of more than $2 billion.

Alternatives managers celebrated at annual event

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
The Macquarie Australia Plus Fund has taken out a key accolade at the 2017 Hedge Funds Rock and Australian Alternative Investment Awards. The awards, which recognise alternative investment managers who have produced superior risk adjusted returns and ...

Ardea appoints retail funds head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... highlighted the recent appointment of Harry Singh from Challenger. Singh will work in Ardea's investment team and will trade cash plus physical and derivative instruments.

SSGA fund divests tobacco and weapons

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... fund with about $900 million under management is divesting from weapons and tobacco companies. The State Street Global Index Plus Trust, which invests in global companies and aims to outperform the MSCI World ex-Australia Index over the long-term, has ...

MySuper milestones monitor industry movement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... been adaption over recent years in these lifestage products. The average allocation to growth assets for lifestages 60 years plus has increased from 41% to 48% and there has been a general shift up in risk levels across all age cohorts, Rainmaker said. ...

Promoted CPD Webinar: 'Markets in Transition' with PineBridge's Multi-Asset Team

PROMOTED CPD WEBINAR  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... a webinar session open to Australian-based wholesale investors. The PineBridge Multi-Asset Team monitors and evaluates 80-plus asset classes to separate clear winners and losers across risk-on and off market environments. Also presenting is Michael Bowen ...

Why it shouldn't be called impact investing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... it and flog it off in three years. But my duty of care as a trustee is to find investments that have a shelf life of two-plus decades," he explained. Addressing the idea that engaging in impact investing risks violating a super fund's fiduciary duty ...