Industry super funds are spending at least $19.5 billion on investment projects across Australia as part of a three-year pipeline that will create more than 200,000 jobs. The planned investments were identified as part of a survey of industry super
Health and community services fund HESTA has backed the development of an innovative ‘village’ providing residential care for sufferers from dementia. HESTA invested $19 million to assist the construction and operation of the ‘Korongee Village’ in Hobart through its ‘Social
In his annual detailed forecast of markets, managers – and their styles – which this year involves many uncertainties, Peter Warnes, Morningstar Australia’s head of equities research, told the firm’s clients to “remain cautious and increasingly vigilant”. While the current
Frontier Advisors has analysed the performance of equities fund managers across the final quarter of the 2019-20 financial year. In a note released to its clients, Frontier reported that growth-focussed managers outstripped value managers by a considerable margin over the
ARP Investments, a New York-based global quantitative manager, has entered the Australian market through a distribution partnership with a Sydney-based placement agent, Axius Partners. The staff-owned ARP is currently raising capital for its liquid alternative strategies, which have proved popular
UBS Wealth Management last week (July 17) launched its annual ‘Global Family Office Report’ for 2020. The big fund manager and global bank surveyed principals and executives in 121 single-family offices around the world. Those family offices handle an average
The top 15 super funds all managed to eke out positive returns in the year to June, limping across the line after the most volatile period for markets since the global financial crisis. The top 10, eight of which were
by David Chaplin BlackRock institutional investors piled out of index fixed income strategies during the June quarter in favour of an active approach to the asset class. According to the BlackRock June quarter results, institutional investors withdrew a net US$10.7
David Bryant formally entered the Mercer stable last week as chief executive for Australia and Pacific zone leader in a move announced this March. He has a mandate to “advance the firm’s leadership position across Australia and New Zealand”, according
by Greg Bright In one of the most stunning corporate failures in recent years, the big German payments fintech company Wirecard AG went into liquidation late last month and is now subject to fraud investigations, including money laundering and even
Industry super funds are spending at least $19.5 billion on investment projects across Australia as part of a
Health and community services fund HESTA has backed the development of an innovative ‘village’ providing residential care for
In his annual detailed forecast of markets, managers – and their styles – which this year involves many
Frontier Advisors has analysed the performance of equities fund managers across the final quarter of the 2019-20 financial
ARP Investments, a New York-based global quantitative manager, has entered the Australian market through a distribution partnership with
UBS Wealth Management last week (July 17) launched its annual ‘Global Family Office Report’ for 2020. The big
The top 15 super funds all managed to eke out positive returns in the year to June, limping
by David Chaplin BlackRock institutional investors piled out of index fixed income strategies during the June quarter in
David Bryant formally entered the Mercer stable last week as chief executive for Australia and Pacific zone leader
by Greg Bright In one of the most stunning corporate failures in recent years, the big German payments
