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Trophy infrastructure assets too expensive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Large, marquee infrastructure assets seem over-priced in the face of the huge sums high profile institutions have paid in recent years, according to Towers Watson senior investment consultant Duncan Hale. Large global investors have raced to buy infrastructure ...

Aberdeen MD Jollie joins FSC board

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
Aberdeen Asset Management Australia managing director Brett Jollie has been appointed to the board of the Financial Services Council (FSC). Jollie joined Aberdeen in 2000, was head of European marketing at Aberdeen's Edinburgh office between 2004 and ...

Jenepe AM launches IPO fund with London partner

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
Australian investment manager Jenepe Asset Management has joined with London-based IPO Capital Partners in launching a fund targeting new listing opportunities. The Jenepe IPO Capital Fund is domiciled offshore in the Cayman Islands and will be managed ...

MLC gets MySuper approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has approved NAB-owned MLC MySuper offer. MLC MySuper and Plum MySuper will be available towards the end of the year and they include a single diversified investment strategy aimed at providing the ...

Deutsche Bank dismisses mining fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Mining companies are poised for reasonable growth next year provided commodity prices don't take a nose dive, according to Deutsche Bank strategist Tim Baker. Speaking at a reporting season round-up lunch in Sydney, he said that recent weakness in the ...

Mercer gives taster of MySuper product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
Mercer has developed a "whole-of-life" lifecycle default fund which it will use as its MySuper product. The fund, named 'SmartPath', is already being advertised on Mercer's website, and will be available on 1 January 2014. Mercer partner Graeme Mathers ...

Countplus blames profit loss on political uncertainty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
Countplus has reported a net profit after tax loss of 2% for financial year 2013 with its directors saying that the earnings were impacted by falling business confidence, in part due to the upcoming federal election. The group's profit is $11.08 million ...

AUI takes on former Morgan Stanley exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has appointed Paul Banks as head of institutional business. Reporting to general manager of funds management Fiona Dunn, Banks will be responsible for building AUI's relationships with the institutional market. Banks ...

Super funds should use soft power, not quotas to fix gender equality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Imposed quotas are much less likely to advance the cause of workplace gender equality than super funds exerting their considerable soft power to influence the industry, companies in which they invest and service providers. Helen Conway, director of ...

Westpac and BTFG group get MySuper approval

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
Westpac and BT Financial Group has become only the third retail conglomerate superannuation provider to gain MySuper authorisation. The wealth group has been approved to offer three MySuper products that will be used across its ASGARD, BTFG and Westpac ...