The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees held its inaugural Awards for Excellence on December 4, and recognised Industry Funds Super and First State Super as joint winners of its Platinum ...

Michael Gordon, the former European chief investment officer for Fidelity International, based in London, has left the firm and has told friends he will take a break from the funds management industry ...

The $13.5 billion Cbus industry fund has appointed a new global equity manager to replenish its ranks, after withdrawing from AllianceBernstein earlier this year. (more…) Edinburgh-based global ...

In fact, recent criticism of the likely future effectiveness of quantitative strategies tends to centre on their popularity. Some commentators believe that the weight of money mak ...

With Opposition Leader Peter Dutton swinging his nuclear nunchuks there may be fresh brawling in coming months over the ...

The reliability of super funds’ status as the so-called shadow banks in the Australian economy has been called into question. New research from the Conexus Institute found that as funds’ appetite for ...

With opposition leader Peter Dutton swinging his nuclear nunchuks there may be fresh brawling in coming months over the future of uranium mining in Australia. But it will probably be events playing ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia has told super funds to step up their own risk management practices especially given their ...

Outgoing Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones rejected suggestions he had given ammo to super sector enemies in his polarising tenure, saying it’s possible to “love something” but criticise ...

The $28 billion AustralianSuper will hold all inflows in cash until “;the market picture becomes clearer”;, chief executive Ian Silk told a gathering of participating employers last week. (more…) ...

Returns generated by well-established hedge fund strategies could be categorised as ‘hedge fund beta’, and manager fees correspondingly lowered, according to Gregor Andrade, AQR Capital Management ...