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Asset managers lax in building relationships

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Asset managers are not doing enough to actively engage and create meaningful dialogue with investee companies, an international survey shows. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which has ¥144.8 trillion ($1.7 trillion) in assets, sought ...

Concerned HNWs rolling back property exposure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Client feedback at boutique property fund manager Forza Capital suggests high-net-worth investors believe commercial property assets are fully priced. These investors are, as a result, selling off the assets and retaining the proceeds as cash rather ...

First State Super appoints CFO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... Profit-to-member superannuation fund First State Super is expanding its executive team with the appointment of a chief financial officer. Tim Elliott, previously the chief operating officer and chief financial officer at StatePlus, has taken up the newly-created ...

SMSF associations announce merger

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Two industry associations that collectively speak for more than 100,000 self-managed superannuation fund trustees are merging to create a united voice. The Self-managed Independent Superannuation Funds Association, established in 1998 to represent the ...

"Shunned" investment strategy generating massive returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
Active, value investment managers overlooking critical market anomalies are missing out on potential returns of up to 40%, according to PM Capital. One opportunity that is not well-known and is even "shunned" by some investment managers are long-term ...

IRESS head of super retires

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
IRESS' managing director of superannuation will retire from the financial technology provider at the end of September 2017. Stephen Mackley was previously the chief executive of Financial Synergy - the superannuation technology business acquired by ...

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
The S&P 500 index notched another fresh record high overnight - up by 0.3% to 2,404.39 points - and the VIX index dropped to a reading of 10.02 - the market has never been this fearless in more than 23 years (January 1994 when the index read 9.94) - ...

Retail super fund members increasingly satisfied

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Superannuation fund members with balances less than $100,000 are showing greater customer satisfaction levels among retail funds as opposed to industry fund competitors. Data from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that from more than 30,000 ...

Insurance giant partners to combine life and health

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
One of Australia's largest life insurers is entering a joint venture with a not-for-profit health fund and a financial services provider to launch a new combined life and health insurance brand. AIA Australia is joining forces with health fund GMHBA ...

Financial advice cannot be a quick-fix: Stackpool

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Australians are still perplexed by financial advice and its increased accessibility and affordability through technology - and big data isn't helping. Certainty Advice Group believes making financial advice more affordable, accessible and convenient ...