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AXA IM to launch impact fund in Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... AXA IM's first impact investing fund targets healthcare, financial inclusions and environment. It invests in funds of a minimum size of $25 million, but they often average $50 million. One of the investments is in Singapore-based Quadria, a fund that ...

Prime Value launches SIV fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... Value Emerging Opportunities Fund follows recent changes to the SIV regulations, which now require investors to allocate a minimum of $1.5 million to ASX-listed emerging company funds, and a minimum $500,000 in venture capital funds. The fund will follow ...

Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... older ages Introducing a mechanism to increase the pension age as life expectancy continues to increase Increasing the minimum access age to receive benefits from private pension plans so that access to retirement benefits is restricted to no more than ...

SG Hiscock finds value far from ASX big caps

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... discontinue using the product or service. "These types of companies often have pricing power, and can increase their prices with minimum negative impact on the customer base." The strategy sees opportunities in sectors such as cloud IT and satellite ...

Governance Institute pulls support for super bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... said. The Institute expressed then "a strong show of support for reforms to improve superannuation governance, including a minimum one-third independent directors and an independent chair." At the time, it said that "the proposals will improve board ...

Australian Catholic Super launches retirement income product

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... Superannuation RetireSmart "bucket" strategy works by investing a member's account balance into two buckets: cash and growth. A minimum of two years' worth of pension payments are placed into the cash bucket, providing a secure short term income. The ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... is good, but it could be better." The research by Rice Warner for the FSC demonstrates that larger super funds with a minimum fund size of $5 billion would result in an average of 0.95% in feesA ?A 0.15% less than the current average of 1.10%. Bragg ...

Kinetic Super appoints board director

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... said. The fund also noted that new governance rules expected to be in place in 2016 are likely to require funds to have a minimum of one third of their directors be independent. "Some boards are now starting to plan for this progression, and Kinetic ...

Plastics manufacturer launches $40m bond issue

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... arranged by FIIG Securities and will pay 4.9% above the four year swap rate, which amounts to a coupon rate of 7.3%. The minimum initial investment will be $50,000. "IPG is a quality Australian company and the opportunity to lend to an established business ...

Super board governance legislation introduced today

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... protect the interests of super fund members." Among the government's proposals is a requirement for the appointment of a minimum of one third "independent" board directors with additional measures designed to force funds to appoint a majority of "independent" ...