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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following strong gains on Wall Street. At 0653 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 47 points at 5,553. In local economic news on Friday, the Reserve Bank of Australia will ...

APRA-ABS super surveys to commence Jan 2016

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has written to super fund RSEs advising them that enhanced data reporting by super funds to facilitate the data needs of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will commence in January 2016. APRA ...

Centuria partners with Mason Stevens to deliver credit bond

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
Centuria Life has partnered with Mason Stevens to add a bespoke credit bond to its Tax Astute product suite. The underlying asset in the credit bond is the Mason Stevens Credit Fund, which is an actively-managed fixed income fund comprised of government ...

Boutique corporate super realigns following MySuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
MySuper may be triggering a readjustment in the corporate platform market as fund groups that have elected not to pursue MySuper authorisation shift their focus away from corporate default products toward select and personal products. The findings are ...

Separate risk advisers from other planners: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
A life insurance policy has more in common with car insurance policies than with an investment portfolio and therefore risk advisers should be kept separate from other financial planners, Synchron director Don Trapnell argued. "For some reason, risk ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
We're back to crude oil spotting again folks. Prices dropped big time again last night - WTI oil down 4.0% to US$44.36 a barrel and Brent's down 2.4% to US$48.43 per barrel. Not surprisingly, Wall Street, which had been trading flat for most of the ...

AllianceBernstein managed volatility strategy rated by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The Alliance Bernstein Managed Volatility Equities Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from investment research house Lonsec. The Australian equity fund is designed for investors seeking lower volatility, reduced downside risk in falling equity ...

iShares launches currency hedged international ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
Two new exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been launched on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) by iShares. The new funds are local hedged versions of iShares most popular international ETFs, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) and iShares Global 100 ...

Standard Life global bond fund gets recommended rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The Standard Life Investments Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies Trust (ARGBS) has been awarded its first rating by research house Lonsec. Lonsec rated the product 'recommended' and highlighted the fund's experienced team and strong risk management ...

UK pension funds required to warn consumers

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to chief executive officers of pension providers to outline government plans to introduce additional protection for retirees wishing to access their defined contribution pension pot from April this ...