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Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... between US nominal bond yields and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) shows how aggressive. And this, when the fed funds rate is just at 2.25% going on 2.5%.

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... portfolio construction and rebalancing, and asset allocation. Index-linked investment products, such as ETFs and mutual funds, commonly pay MSCI a fee based on the value of the investment product's assets. Asset-based fees make up a significant portion ...

Industry Super Australia chair steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... Financial Standard, Collins said it had been a momentous five-and-a-half years as chair. "We've passed the banks in terms of funds under management, and that is something that will not go back. And when you put us together with public sector super funds ...

WAM names prospective Blue Sky LIC team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... has previously worked as a strategic advisor in alternative assets, private equity and private debt for sovereign wealth funds including Future Fund and NZ Super. Under the proposal, Siew and Wilson would also be appointed to the board. "With the three ...

Blockchain comes to managed funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
A global funds network used by 95% of Australian platforms will migrate its entire network to blockchain in May 2019. Calastone expects its new distributed market infrastructure (DMI) to dramatically improve the infrastructure for trading and reporting ...

Global manager wins super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... chief executive Chris Briant said he's positive of winning similar mandates on the future. "In our discussions with super funds, we've seen interest in after-tax investing and factor investing as separate themes growing, so it was only a matter of time ...

For-profit lobbying leads to $53bn problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... have led to Australian's in the "choice" super sector copping 117-182% more in fees than counterparts in profit-to-member funds. According to the research, Australia's superannuation system has been interfered with by lobbyists to the point where the ...

Fiducian acquires Perth financial planning firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... acquisition component of the deal, funded from cash. Once completed, the new unnamed planning firm will take Fiducian's total funds under management, administration and advice to $6.46 billion. Fiducian had funding set aside to acquire five planning ...

Industry fund CIO resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... internally driven model, the fund said in a statement. He is the co-founder of Cuffelinks and served as the head of fund of hedge funds at Colonial First State Global Asset Management. "David has always championed retirement outcomes, notably helping ...

Superannuation funds ramp up co-investment opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
Australian superannuation funds are actively partnering to seize investment opportunities in infrastructure and real estate compared to global counterparts, new research shows. Preqin's Australian Superannuation Funds in Alternatives report finds ...