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Omega wins institutional credit mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... fits all' product approach. Its investment co-design model is implemented via a factor-based approach known as Smart Beta Plus. Omega managing director George Vassos said the partnership with Uniting Financial Services began as a conversation to improve ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... slowing manufacturing activity in May. The Richmond Fed manufacturing index dropped to a reading of minus 1 in May from April's plus 14 reading - way below expectations for an easing to plus 9 - with some of the index's components falling into contraction ...

IOOF announces group insurance mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... Warner; in a statement, IOOF said this process led to "significant premium rate reductions" clients with death (and death-plus-TPD) cover and income protection cover. Commenting on the decision, IOOF head of product Chris Weldon said: "We continually ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... from 1.77% on 17 May. The S&P 500 index dropped by 0.5% after the release of the Fed minutes (though it closed 0.3% on the plus side for the week). We've been warned. The Fed has sent the telegraph and laid out the foundations. Prepare and don't be alarmed. ...

QIC launches retail property fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... ownership or joint venture partnerships. QIC's Global Real Estate managing director, Steve Leigh, said the Fund will be a core plus open-ended fund targeting direct investments in US regional shopping centers. "Fund investors will have immediate exposure ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... 1.6% reading. The index had been in the negative since September 2015, except for March this year when it recorded a strong plus 12.4 reading (outlier?). UK retail sales It's a rebound. Retail spending in the United Kingdom increased by 1.3% in the month ...

MLC appoints new private equity head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... returns since the MLC Private Equity program's inception in 1997, and importantly, investors in our multi-asset MLC Inflation Plus and MLC Horizon portfolios have benefitted considerably."

Whitehelm Capital and Prime Super partner for bond investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... behalf of industry superannuation fund Prime Super, for €33 million (A$48 million). The bond was priced at 4.75% (Euribor plus 450 basis points), and Whitehelm was the cornerstone investor in the €54 million transaction. The bond matures in June ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... Empire State manufacturing index dropped to a reading of minus 9.02 in May, sharp deterioration from the previous month's plus 9.56 score and much worse than expectations for a gentle easing to a plus 7.0 reading. While this survey plays second fiddle ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... and innovative work through projects such as the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index and products such as Mercer Lifetime Plus. Although Knox is reluctant to point to one project or product that he favours, Lifetime Plus provided much excitement in ...