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Aussie pension pros most confident about valuations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Only one fifth of global pension fund professionals are more than 90% confident their respective funds' asset and liability valuations are accurate, according to the latest research from State Street. Interviewing more than 400 pension fund professionals ...

IOOF advice nets $1.3bn in FY16

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Total net inflows for IOOF's financial advice businesses, including Ord Minnett and Shadforth, reached $1.3 billion in the year to 30 June, 2016. During the 30 June quarter, IOOF saw positive flows of $500 million in funds under management, administration ...

Vanguard appoints ex-Macquarie division director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Vanguard has appointed a new senior key account manager. Andrew Mathie joins Vanguard from Macquarie, where he was division director - banking and financial services. Prior to that, he was an associate director and national key account manager at the ...

Northern Trust hires CBA equities research director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Northern Trust Capital Markets has appointed a new research analyst. Ben Brownette joins Northern Trust from CBA, where he was a director and analyst on the equities research team. Before that, he was a senior analyst at Aegis Equities Research and ...

Bentley renews call for Keybridge director dismissal

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Bentley Capital has updated its reasons for dismissing Keybridge chair Andrew Moffat and electing Bentley representatives to the Keybridge board. In an ASX statement, Bentley said that it is now the second-largest Keybridge shareholder, surpassing Viburnum ...

AMP Capital hits back at second LIM wind-up letter

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
AMP Capital has responded to LIM Advisors' second open letter about winding up the China Growth Fund (AGF), saying it is "not a fair reflection of the actions [AMP Capital] has taken." On July 21, LIM issued a second letter to AGF unitholders, which ...

TH Real Estate completes first close of European Cities Fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
TH Real Estate has completed a first close of €500 million for its European Cities Fund. The equity commitments will allow the new European diversified core open ended fund to target a portfolio of approximately €700M from this initial capital. ...

Pre-retirees adopting sharing economy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
An increasing number of pre-retirees are participating in the sharing economy in a bid to boost their wealth and income, according to the latest RateSetter Sharing Economy Trust Index. The bi-annual report measures the attitudes and behaviour of Australians ...

Synchron debuts adviser investment solution

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
Non-institutional licensee Synchron has created a new company to provide investment solutions to its advisers. Through Valant Capital, the High Wrap investment account, superannuation account and pension account will be available to Synchron's more ...

Absolute returns no longer the domain of instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
A wider range of self-directed and self-managed superannuation fund investors are recognising the benefits and role of absolute return strategies in a balanced portfolio. This is the thought of Henderson Global Investors' head of alternative Australian ...