CMSF 2019
Dave Noonan is 2019 Trustee of the Year.
Noonan, who is the national secretary of the CFMEU, has also been a member director of Cbus Property since 2006 and is on the board of ACSI.
Amanda WhiteMarch 13, 2019
schroders
Hedge Funds
How five countries aim to increase retirement prosperity
Re-risking towards the end of work years is a good idea in Australia and overseas, global investment manager Schroders has found.
Meredith BoothApril 10, 2018
CMSF 2018
Look to UK and South Africa on retirement products
Australian super funds should look to how foreign peers have used data to help workers achieve retirement goals, a Schroders executive says.
Meredith BoothFebruary 8, 2018
Hedge Funds
War of words on fees
When Fiona Trafford-Walker, director of consulting at Frontier Advisors, told the AIST ASI conference in September that after years of talking about the possibility of lower fund management fees, funds were starting to make major breakthroughs, there was little fund manager feedback on the speech. Here Franklin Templeton, Schroders, and Vanguard all give their feedback. […]
David RowleyNovember 26, 2015
Hedge Funds
The dawn of the multi-asset fund
Some of the most vindicated fund managers in a lacklustre year for markets are those running dynamic multi-asset funds. Funds run by the likes of Aviva Investors, Invesco, Schroders and Standard Life Investments are in line for a string of institutional wins by the end of the year. All lived up to their promise in […]
David RowleyOctober 19, 2015
Hedge Funds
Legalsuper to finally get its CIO
Legalsuper hopes to announce its first ever chief investment officer at the end of this month. This is the $2.6 billion industry fund’s second try at appointing a CIO, after its search in October for a senior industry figure looking to convert from a full-time to a part-time role did not yield enough candidates. Changing […]
David RowleyMay 8, 2015
Hedge Funds
Analysts united in gloom on Australian equities
Two of the most experienced analysts in the Australian equities market have warned of some of the most challenging conditions for 20 years. Martin Conlon, head of Australian equities at Schroders, who was speaking at the Frontier Advisors’ annual conference in Melbourne, sees a confluence of negative factors. These include the increasing dominance of financial […]
David RowleyJune 30, 2014
Investment Strategy
Diversifying at Energy Super
Energy Super’s appointment of four new international equities managers has seen the fund move from a pooled investment at AMP Capital as part of its wider diversification strategy. With the $4.5-billion fund focused on growth, it now has control of its international equities, awarding $700 million in mandates to Harding Loevner, Longview Partners, Sands Capital […]
Amal AwadJuly 8, 2013