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SSFS awards $90M emerging markets mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has given Acadian Asset Management a $90 million emerging markets managed volatility mandate. Acadian AM is a joint venture between US fund manager Acadian Boston and Colonial First State that manages Australian ...

National Seniors asks Inquiry to deliver "top quality" advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
National Seniors has called on the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to consider ways in which Australia can deliver "top quality, independent financial advice." In its submission, the over-50s consumer lobby urges the Inquiry to consider the government's ...

Multi-asset portfolios key for retiree income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
Institutional investors must have a greater number and more intelligent blend of income-generating assets if they are to meet the needs their ballooning retiree client base, according to fund manager Investec. The group's co-head of multi-asset John ...

ASIC dictates seven-year ban for rogue CBA adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser Jade Zaicew for seven years. Zaicew's banning follows ASIC actions against former CBA advisers Don Nguyen, Ricky Gillespie, Simon Langton ...

Advisers show overwhelming support for ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
A recent State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) seminar has revealed that Australian financial planners overwhelmingly support the use of exchange traded funds. A survey of attendees at SSgA's "Strategies for Accessing International Investment Opportunities" ...

BTIM appoints Investa chair to board

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
BT Investment Management has appointed Deborah Page as an independent non-executive director to its board. Page is currently the chairman of Investa Listed Funds Management and is a non-executive director of Service Stream, Australian Renewable Fuels ...

Viable SMSF size underestimated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The size at which a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) becomes a viable alternative to regular funds may be considerably higher than the industry currently estimates due to the impact of scale on performance. The industry typically advises that ...

Plato partners Milliman to offer retiree income solution

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Plato Investment Management has teamed up with Milliman to develop and income strategy for retirees which will allow them to maintain higher weightings to growth assets whilst managing the risk of a GFC-style shock. Many superannuation funds see "lifecycle" ...

RBA questions super fund infra investment

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has questioned the role of superannuation funds boosting funding for infrastructure investment, saying that it is not appropriate to mandate funds to invest in assets to meet "broader national objectives." In its ...

Insurance industry still behind on big data usage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The insurance industry is still behind when it comes to accessing and using customer data to predict consumer behaviour and design personalised products. Bravura Solutions and the Financial Services Council (FSC) conducted a poll on the life insurance ...