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Super assets hit $2.3 trillion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... members (52.4%) still preferred this method over pensions (47.6%), whereby $33.6 billion was made. In terms of asset allocation and performance during the March quarter, total assets increased by 2.4% to $1.5 trillion, with half (50.2%) invested in equities ...

Super funds adopting insurers' investment strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... Curlow said. An environment of "low growth, low inflation and low yields" have paved the way for a boom in real asset allocation, Curlow said. What insurers are doing is "leveraging on the ground experience" of managing real assets as well investing ...

Investors torn over ESG capabilities

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
The Australian National University has altered its commitment to socially responsible investing after changing the manner in which its domestic equities investments are managed. While the university committed to divesting from several resource and mining ...

Henry Morgan creates new global LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... Morgan managing director Stuart McAuliffe said the new LIC will be differentiated from its peers with respect to asset allocation and portfolio concentration. "William Kidd will focus only on international equities, seeking to find the most profitable ...

Industry fund wins stake in Endeavour Energy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... electricity network is powering their own retirement," Hill said. REST's Core Strategy product has a strategic asset allocation of 6% to infrastructure, with $2 billion in infrastructure investments managed by AMP Capital and Super Investment Management ...

Tax breaks delivered to first home buyers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
First home buyers will be given greater opportunities to own their own home under a new savings plan in the 2017 Federal Budget. From 1 July 2017, first home buyers will be allowed to make voluntary contributions of up to $15,000 per year and $30,000 ...

Vanguard reduces fees, revises multi-asset strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Vanguard Australia will slash fees across its multi-asset suite and revise the funds' strategic asset allocation for the first time since 2013. From July, five wholesale diversified funds will have management expense ratios reduced to 0.29%. These funds ...

VanEck partners to launch ETF model portfolios

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... "We are delighted to partner with Lonsec Investment Solutions who has over 20 years' experience in strategic asset allocation." "We believe the new VanEck ETF Model Portfolios will provide financial advisers with a set of tools to build cost effective ...

AI will lead next industrial revolution: Sanlam

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... (which, Itzkovits was quick to point out is "not AI") uses risk profiles then basic algorithms to set and implement asset allocation by placing clients in a general mandate to match their profile. Robo advice 2.0 in the future would need to leverage ...

The case for internal investment teams

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
Superannuation funds with more than £10 billion ($17 billion) in assets under management should seriously consider implementing an internal investment management strategy, a leading UK pension expert says. In an interview with Financial Standard, Universities ...