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Industry expert joins SMSFA board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... including YBF Ventures and the Reserve Bank of Australia. The SMSFA has 1.1 million members who have more than $712 billion of funds under management. It recently teamed up with several associations to improve the retirement system to form the Alliance ...

Government cuts SMSF red tape

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... Turnbull Government to release a discussion paper to change the annual audit cycle for some self-managed superannuation funds to three years has been welcomed by the SMSF Association. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said ...

Private equity firm closes $558m mining fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... Capital has just closed its Denham Mining Fund at $558 million. The firm says family offices, public and private pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and endowments represented by institutional investors have made third party commitments to the fund. ...

Raiz close to super product launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... about $425 per annum on balances of $50,000, placing it in the bottom 25% or lowest quartile for accumulation superannuation funds in the market. Diversa Trustees will act as its trustee. The underlying financial product is the DIY Master Plan. Raiz ...

Sydney asset manager hires director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
A $5.3 billion global manager which acts as the responsible entity for several ASX-listed funds is seeing a change in its board positions. Walsh & Company Investments director Tristan O'Connell is stepping down to focus on activities in the Evans ...

IMAP to recognise managed accounts excellence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... DNR Capital Macquarie Investment Management SG Hiscock & Company Shaw and Partners Australian Equities Small Cap 8ip Pearl Funds Management Macquarie Investment Management Watershed Funds Management International Pearl Funds Management DFS Portfolio ...

Chief economist update: Fed funds at five point O

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force" - has also dropped below pre-GFC boom levels. The Fed funds rate was around 5%-5.25% the last time the US labour market was this good. The difference in the current cycle is that wages ...

Infrastructure manager turns up the heat

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
A $4.7 billion global infrastructure manager, and an investment consultant to several superannuation funds, has purchased a stake in a Norwegian heating network. Whitehelm Capital acquired a 49% stake in Kvitebjorn Varme AS, the owner and operator of ...

Pengana adds social measures to impact reporting

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... measures in addition to the five environmental measures previously included. According to Pengana, the report demonstrates how funds invested in the Pengana WHEB Sustainable Impact Fund made a positive social impact, with the fourth edition now considering ...

ESG considerations material to long-term success

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... ASX200 average, while those with lower ESG scores underperformed the average. Regnan and former Association of Superannuation Funds Australia chief executive Pauline Vamos said the long term nature of super required funds consider material ESG risks. ...