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Charter Hall announces unit registry mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... Hall's property funds management business. Specifically, OneVue has created a "branded solution" for Charter Hall's Core Plus Industrial Fund and Core Plus Office Fund; these represent $1.7 billion and $2.5 billion in assets respectively. Explaining ...

Instos turn to smart beta in low-return world: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... investors. In order to meet their relatively high return expectations - on average, respondents were looking for a five-years-plus return of 10.9% - low interest is forcing these investors to turn to different strategies. The report said that while traditional ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... (from a 2.8% fall) in the previous month - taking the year-on-year rate of change in overall orders down to minus 2.5% from plus 1.6% in February. Orders excluding transportation fell by 1.4% in the year to March for its 14th straight month of year-on-year ...

CommInsure appoints independent review panel

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... where CommInsure's claims committee recommends a "complex life insurance claim" be denied; in these instances, the new panel, plus CommInsure managing director Helen Troup, will independently assess the claim. The three panelists appointed so far are ...

NAB Asset Management hires senior economist

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... comprehensive range of investment solutions which cater for all types of investors including the increasingly popular MLC Inflation Plus portfolios. "I look forward to keeping investors and advisers informed about the changing economic environment and ...

Lifestage funds outperform early

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... underperform single strategy funds as the asset mix moves to being more conservative. This underperformance is 1.2% for 60 years plus or three times the younger person uplift. Rainmaker also found that between the ends of the age spectrum there is a ...

DeVere chief defends Panama privacy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
DeVere Group chief executive Nigel Green has come out in support of "Panama-style" financial privacy. In a statement, Green said that while he supports Panama's efforts to "enhance its effectiveness and credibility" as an offshore financial centre and ...

Actuaries call for objectives across retirement system

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... include: Consider reintroducing maximum withdrawal factors for income streams. Lump sums above $195,000 to be taxed at 15% plus the Medicare levy. Maintain means test exemption on home equity releases. Establish specific target in relation to fiscal ...

Blue Sky takes alternatives to the next level

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
Blue Sky Capital Venture has invested in US plus-size fashion brand ELOQUII as part of a $19.8m series B funding round. The $19.8m ($15m USD) Series B funding is financed by Blue Sky Venture Capital, Wildcat Capital Management, Greycroft Partners, Daher ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... Quantitative easing. Negative interest rates. Quantitative and Qualitative easing with a negative interest rate. All of the above plus promises of more. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) big bazookas proved no match for US ...