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OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Like most of Australia's major industries, the future prosperity for the financial services sector clearly lies in Asia. Australians constantly talk of the economic opportunity presented by the three billion people that will be in the Asian middle class ...

Monash absolute return fund goes retail

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
The Monash Absolute Investment Fund will be available to retail investors, following the manager's partnership with a third party distribution firm. Winston Capital Partners will distribute Monash Investors' fund to investors seeking exposure to an ...

Class appoints three board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
Three new board members have joined Class, the provider of cloud-based self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration software Class Super. Class chairman Barry Lambert said the appointments will be invaluable as the company prepares for an ...

SMSFs to access Berkshire Hathaway from Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... equities markets in China and India, US real estate and many others. Applications for the Series 14 - Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class B Shares (BRK/B) will close on 29 July.

Infrastructure allocations up 14% in two years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The top 100 infrastructure investors have increased their holdings in the asset class by 14% to $310 billion, according to Preqin research. This reflects the growing demand for infrastructure investment worldwide and supports the projection in PwC's ...

New online bond researcher launches

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
Fixed income researcher BondAdviser was launched today through an online portal. Created with the goal of making the bond market more approachable to investors, BondAdviser monitors all ASX-listed interest rate securities and a "large range" of over-the-counter ...

AusSuper grants London property mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
AustralianSuper has appointed TIAA Henderson Real Estate (TH Real Estate) to manage its London office property investment strategy. TH Real Estate, which is 60% owned by TIAA-CREF and 40% by Henderson Global Investors, already manages AustralianSuper's ...

New infrastructure fund for SMSFs launches

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
A new fund dedicated to providing self-managed super funds and high net worth investors with access to unlisted infrastructure has been launched. Chaired by Pacific Hydro director Geoff Coffey, the Infrastructure Partners Investment Fund (IPIF) is a ...

Class Super CEO departs suddenly

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The newly-appointed chief executive of Class Super David Smith has departed suddenly after just three months in the role, following disagreements over his level of commitment to the company. Smith has been replaced by former Class chief operating officer ...

Catastrophe bonds offer answer to asset correlation problem

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) offer investors returns completely uncorrelated to traditional assets, but so far, Australian investors have been slow to pick up on sector, which is tipped for strong growth in the coming years. Insurance-linked securities ...