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Equip eyes merger with Rio Tinto plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
EquipSuper and the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund (RTSSF) are in the final stages of merger talks. The $7 billion super fund confirmed the possible amalgamation; a step that would see its assets almost double to $13.5 billion and membership grow ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Australia is the fourth largest pensions market in the world, having surpassed Canada at the close of 2016. Willis Towers Watson's Global Pension Assets Study shows that Australia's higher aggregate weight to Australian cash and lower weight to bonds ...

Xero CFO takes on new role in leadership shuffle

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
A senior manager at cloud-based accounting software company Xero will now have a combined role as part of organisational changes mentioned back in October. At the time, Xero's board said that management changes would allow chief financial officer Sankar ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello is adamant the global investment environment remains risky and offers little return, weighing considerably on the $127 billion sovereign wealth fund's strategy. Announcing a 7.8% return for the 2016 calendar year ...

Perpetual multi-asset fund recommended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Lonsec and Zenith have upgraded ratings of the Perpetual Diversified Real Return Fund. The fund is now 'Recommended' by both ratings houses following its strong performance. Before tax and fees the fund achieved returns of 9% per annum as at 31 December ...

KPMG director becomes fintech CFO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
A director at KPMG took on a new role as chief financial officer for a fintech specialising in digital customer acquisition. Having previously held a senior position in KPMG's deal advisory division, Matt Lewis has now joined Avoka, where he will report ...

Happy sentiment holding up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Economic, business and consumer confidence in the single currency area started the New Year where they left off - buoyant. The European Commission reports that economic sentiment in the Eurozone rose to a near sic-year high to 108.2 in January from ...

Consumer-powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
The latest update on US personal income and outlays confirmed the indications from last week's National Accounts that the consumer remains the economy's major driving force. US GDP growth expanded at an annual rate of 1.9% in the fourth quarter with ...

CFM trust rated by Zenith

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
The CFM ISDiversified Trust is 'Recommended' by Zenith, crowning a strong 2016 for the investment manager. The fund, which is distributed in Australia by Winston Capital, is designed to provide investors with a diversified portfolio of recognised and ...

New hedge funds for BetaShares

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
Capitalising on the success of its currency-based exchange traded product series, BetaShares launched two exchange traded hedge funds today. The ETP manager has made available the BetaShares Strong Australian Dollar Fund (AUDS) and the BetaShares Strong ...