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No charges in AMP BOLR investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... scrutiny during the 2018 Royal Commission. At the time, Senior Counsel Assisting Michael Hodge also noted that AMP would dial down fees for orphaned clients rather than issue a disclosure statement not because those clients were being charged fees for ...

Funds will fail YFYS test multiple times: Parametric

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
The latest researcher to run the numbers says as many as 20% of super funds could fail the Your Future, Your Super performance test in any given year, with a strong likelihood they'll fail again in the years to follow. According to Parametric modelling ...

Alternatives, equities dominate mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... super funds to external managers in the period, followed by alternatives (20%). The three months ending March saw NFP funds dial up appointments of international fixed income managers, who took 46% of the total FUM. The funds that handed out the most ...

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
China's still not taking calls from Canberra and has severed diplomatic contact under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue and the rhetoric, threats and/or measures limiting/banning imports of Australian products into its shores remain ...

Deborah Ralston to advise Allianz Retire+

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
Retirement Income Review panel member Deborah Ralston has joined an advisory panel set up by Allianz Retire+, which will also include Nicolette Rubinsztein. Allianz Retire+ has offered its retirement income products, Future Safe to the retail market ...

Macquarie-linked fund manager shutters

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
A global quant-driven fund manager that won a mandate with Macquarie four years ago to oversee its liquid alternative strategy has folded. Swedish fund manager Informed Portfolio Management (IPM), which at its peak had about $6 billion (SEK40bn) of ...

Tech, behavioural science to engage clients

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
Wealth managers and financial advisers are encouraged to use technology and behavioural tools to assist clients in making better financial decisions, according to behavioural finance experts. Oxford Risk said blending technology and behavioural science ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
The European asset manager has launched a new fixed income strategy for its Just Transition for Climate fund to now incorporate the social aspects involved with moving to a low-carbon economy. The Just Transition for Climate fund, previously the Amundi ...

Westpac best for ESG reporting in Australia: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
Westpac Banking Corporation has been ranked as among the best in the world for ESG reporting. It was the highest-ranked company in the ASX 50 for levels of transparency on ESG issues, according to the Currie Global ESG Monitor (GEM) study. The positive ...

US upbeat on stimulus, vaccination

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... be helped along by monetary policy that is likely to stay easy for a long period of time. There is a risk that if we don't dial back stimulus once we're completely free and clear of the pandemic that we do create inflationary pressures and that's ...