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Standard Life appoints RI analysts

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
Standard Life Investments has appointed two responsible investment analysts. Marc Brammer joins Standard Life from Inflection Point Capital Management, where he was a senior adviser for research and data management. Prior to that, he was an independent ...

Antipodes LIC aims to raise $200m

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
Sydney-based international equities boutique Antipodes Partners has launched its first listed investment company (LIC) to Australian and New Zealand investors. Antipodes Global Investment Company Limited (ASX: APL), which has a 'Recommended' rating ...

Automated retirement product gains recognition

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund's automated retirement income solution has been recognised as an innovative product by the country's business community. Australian Catholic Super's RetireSmart account-based pension was a winner ...

Actuaries want super dashboard overhaul

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
Actuaries are weighing in on the debate around superannuation fund transparency, labeling current dashboards unsound and needing an overhaul. The Actuaries Institute says its view is based around a review of the MySuper dashboard structure. It lists ...

Fiducian appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
Fiducian Group has appointed a new director. Samir Hallab joins Fiducian's board as the chief financial officer of Ensurance. Prior to that, he was the deputy chief executive of Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund. At the same fund ...

DNR Capital fund scores 'Recommended' rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
Zenith has awarded the DNR Capital High Conviction Australian Equities Fund a 'Recommended' rating, twelve months after the fund was launched. The fund is based on the DNR Capital Australian Equities High Conviction strategy that was previously only ...

Hunter Hall delivers profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
Hunter Hall delivered an 86.8% boost in statutory after-tax profit to $7.8 million in the year to 30 June 2016. This was driven by major gains in investment income and performance fees - even if funds under management only increased slightly by 1.9% ...

Macquarie Wrap adds global equity fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
Macquarie has added a global equity fund to its wrap platform. Wingate Asset Management's Wingate Global Equity Fund - Wholesale Units will now be available to investors on the Macquarie Wrap, and is designed to give exposure to global markets while ...

SMSF trustees increasing use of planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
SMSF trustees are trending upwards in their use of financial planners for the first time since 2007 according to new research jointly released by Vanguard and Investment Trends. The firms' annual self-managed superannuation fund report, which collated ...

Investment manager announces takeover offer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
Mercantile Investment Company subsidiary, Mercantile OFM, is working through a proposed takeover of shipping services firm Richfield International. Mercantile, an investment manager principally investing directly and through controlled entities in securities ...