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Industry funds in merger talks

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
Two industry superannuation funds have signed a heads of agreement, giving in principle support for a merger. Kinetic Super, which manages $3 billion in retirement savings and operates for the benefit of more than 270,000 members, and Sunsuper, which ...

Super wealth reaches record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... interested in achieving 'relative returns' against stock market indexes or against composite benchmarks in the case of balanced funds, in which a huge amount of household wealth in invested. Such esoteric targets have no meaning for people," Shields ...

Fintech apps disrupt advice model

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... developers are increasingly configuring applications for different advice markets such as licenced accountants and superannuation funds, and supporting a full-service approach to planning technology delivery.

Australian Unity property trust suspends units

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... potential acquisitions. Speaking to Financial Standard yesterday, Australian Unity head of healthcare and retirement property funds Chris Smith explained that the fund had to suspend units because it was becoming difficult to find places to allocate ...

Japan to drive real assets globally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... infrastructure debt is likely to benefit as the appetite for alternatives continues to rise; in 2009 just 6% of infrastructure funds completed fundraising, compared to almost 25% in 2015. AMP Capital global head of infrastructure debt Andrew Jones said ...

Bennelong fund founder resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
The founder of Bennelong's Long Short Equity and Market Neutral funds has retired after 15 years with the firm. Richard Fish will step down as of 1 July 2017, though remain as a director of Bennelong Long Short Equity Management, substantial investor ...

ACSI welcomes new member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... a new addition to its membership base. Corporate superannuation fund Qantas Super, which manages more than $7 billion in funds, will join 35 other Australian and international members, including many profit-to-member super funds. As a group, ACSI members ...

Workplace default funds deliver strong returns

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... returns in equities and property. On an annual basis Australian equities, often the largest asset class in many balanced funds, contributed a 22.1% return (S&P ASX 200), while Australian listed property had a more modest but solid contribution of 7.9% ...

Coolabah Capital hires former Energy Super chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... support on the back of our performance from sophisticated financial advisers, family offices, corporate treasuries and super funds, which account for about 80% our FUM," Coolabah co-chief investment officer and co-founder Darren Harvey said. Co-founder ...

CFSGAM grows global fixed income team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... Investment Opinion Network. CFSGAM manages about $207.2 billion in assets on behalf of global institutional investors, pension funds, wholesale distributors, investment platforms and financial advisers.