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Retail funds deny relying on passive investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
Three major retail superannuation funds have rejected claims that they are relying on passive investment strategies to keep MySuper product costs down, confirming they have a significant allocation to active managers. Colonial First State head of investment ...

LGS rejects coal, tar sands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Local Government Super (LGS) has announced it will be screening out companies that derive the majority of their revenue from coal or tar sands. In the most comprehensive fossil fuel screening policy adopted by a major super fund, LGS has included all ...

ASX agrees to changes after ASIC review

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has agreed to make changes to its operations to address a number of issues highlighted by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in a recent review. The changes will affect the way the ASX ...

Financial services falling behind in online transactions

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... transactions, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The report -- Summary of IT Use and Innovation in Australian Business 2012-13 -- reveals that despite the rapid changes in the financial sector, including ...

PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Tasked with bridging the connectivity gap between Invesco's investment capability and the broad Australian institutional market, chief executive Martin Franc outlines his strategic vision for the fund manager and tells Mark Smith why he's the perfect ...

Big obstacles for funds going it alone on PE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
Private equity (PE) returns may be stronger than we think and while this is attracting super funds to direct their own PE investment placements, this approach is not for everybody, reveals new research from McKinsey & Company. The global management ...

Instos willing to improve data management

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... Institutional investors are aware of the competitive advantage of efficient data management and want to find ways to improve it use. About two thirds of institutional investors said that data and analytics capabilities will be among their most important ...

Free service may help advisers bypass FoFA costs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Curve Securities' new service, 'TD Gateway', will enable financial advisers to bypass many of the costs associated with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, according to Curve managing director Andrew Murray. The free-of-charge service will ...

Energy Super awards mandates to four managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
Industry fund Energy Super has awarded $700 million worth of international equities mandates to four fund managers. Harding Loevner, Longview Partners, Sands Capital Management and Schroders have each won an unspecified share of the new allocation. ...

Top-down approach wins in post-GFC world: Hexavest

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
In the post-global financial crisis (GFC) world, global equity markets are more sensitive to news flow and macroeconomics than to fundamental business growth, according to Hexavest founding partner and senior vice president Robert Brunelle. The asset ...