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Hedge fund, PE allocations drive super fees: study

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Higher allocation to riskier and less liquid asset classes is driving higher superannuation fees, according to a new study from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). The CIFR funded study analysed the factors influencing superannuation ...

Legg Mason Brandywine fund gets top rating again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
The Legg Mason Brandywine Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Trust has been awarded a "Highly Recommended" rating by Lonsec for a third straight year. The rating coincides with the fund surpassing $500 million in assets under management in Australia ...

Super funds seeking low carbon mandates

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Superannuation has recently received plenty of oxygen in the political atmosphere and fund disclosure is yet another bubble quickly rising. As super funds and regulators work towards several disclosure deadlines in 2017, industry representative groups ...

Top pension funds slide for first time since GFC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Total assets of the 300 largest pension funds worldwide fell for the first time since the beginning of the global financial crisis, according to Willis Towers Watson research. The P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 300 report shows that in 2015, total ...

Contango appoints compliance officer

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Contango Asset Management has appointed a new compliance and legal officer. Skye Radley joins the manager from Equity Trustees, where she worked in legal, risk management and compliance roles for three years. Prior to that, she was a solicitor with ...

Wingate appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Wingate Asset Management has appointed a new chief executive. Jamie Mead joins Wingate from Tyrus Capital in London, where he was a founding partner. Prior to that, he worked at US$4 billion hedge fund Deephaven Capital Management, and has also held ...

Mason Stevens delivers new SMA offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Mason Stevens has introduced a retail Australian fixed income separately managed account. The Mason Stevens Fixed Income SMA, which requires a minimum investment of $100,000, was developed in response to increased demand from advisers for direct access ...

Negative rates can generate positive returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
QSuper has positioned about one-fifth of its investment portfolio in fixed income with the view it diversifies against equities and prepares for ongoing global monetary policy shifts. The fund's head of investment strategy, Damian Lillicrap, said QSuper ...

Super CIOs say short-termism endemic

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Superannuation fund chief investment officers warn that endemic short-termism across super and the wider asset management industry will hurt member returns and place massive pressure on future investment strategies. A panel of fund executives told the ...