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Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... a strong team and a strong process that remains stable and the businesses functioning very effectively," Neal said. "It's nice to look back over 10 years but as we look forward it looks like a period of challenge for us. The globe continues to contend ...

MySuper insurance widely misunderstood

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
A lack of understanding around aspects of insurance within MySuper could lead to big problems down the track, according to a panel discussion at the recent Workplace Super Specialists Australia (WSSA) annual conference. During a panel session entitled ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... whom I used to be a client in Melbourne," Bouch says. "A lot of people had moved onto other roles but I still had a really nice network of people who had meanwhile become a lot more senior." The market too, she says, had become a lot more sophisticated. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... influence recent hawkish Fedspeaks but it also provides the latest indication of activity in the US economy and, it isn't so nice. The Philly Fed index posted a minus 1.8 reading in May - even lower than the low end of market expecations of between 0 ...

Multi-factor investing applies to credit too: Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... compelling than another. "Think for example of the low risk factor which we offer as a separate strategy. This strategy can be a nice extension of a government bond mandate as the risk remains relatively low while yields and returns can be enhanced. ...

Future Super issues $145m admin mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... with Future Super across its member services, pooled funds, institutional mandates and any new funds they incubate. And it's nice to support a fund that resonates with our culture. We admire what Future Super has achieved in the market and its rapid ...

Ausbil wins industry fund mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
Ausbil Investment Management has been awarded an Australian equity mandate by a prominent industry super fund. Prime Super has tasked the fund manager with managing $100 million through its Australian Active Equity Strategy. Managed by chief executive ...

Those who want a job can get a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... goes this way: US economic growth boosts employment, boosts wages, boost inflation. The two charts below underscore this nice correlation... until sometime in 2012, that is. The US labour market steadily improved but the Fed's favoured inflation measure ...

Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... Santa Mario on 3 December, daddy too. But before this, we'll hear the Fed's Janet Christmas offering - will she be naughty or nice? - after the FOMC's 27-28 October meeting. Nobody, not even a mouse, expects any major announcement though, not until closer ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... effects?" Seems the same observation has also dawned on Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota - nice to have company in high places. As reported by Dow Jones Business News, my new BFF Narayana, "...devoted part of his speech ...