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Labor commits $400m to gender super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... a positive start to closing the gap. "The system is unforgiving of broken work patterns, and yet women still provide the lion's share of care. Once women return to the workforce, catching up on super contributions and lost compound earnings is very difficult," ...

Life insurance sector strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
The life insurance industry turned in a solid FY18, latest APRA statistics show. In the year to 30 June 2018, life insurers' total revenue stood at $37.6 billion, up 11.5% higher than the previous corresponding period. This was driven by net policy ...

Foreign owners take over life insurance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
Foreign companies continue to gain the lion's share of Australia's life insurance industry, with the recent sale of CommInsure and OnePath set to boost foreign ownership from less than half to 66%, KPMG research shows. According to the Life ...

ETF industry swells to $39 billion, global equities dominate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
Investors are gravitating away from Australian equities and towards international shares as the ETF industry reaches $39 billion, according to latest insight from BetaShares. International equities attracted the highest net inflows of all asset classes ...

BetaShares corners market with super-cheap Aussie equities ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... players. The same Rainmaker research also shows that after international equities, Australian equities products retain the lion's share of FUM (42%), meaning this low-cost product may well have a significant impact on BetaShares' market share. This article ...

Pengana recruits former AFL player

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Pengana Capital Group is boosting its Melbourne distribution team with two new hires. The first, Broc McCauley, joins Pengana as business development manager, responsible for servicing dealer groups, researchers, platforms and advisers in Victoria ...

Equity factor investing undergoes further examination

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
Investment professionals believe there is a need to better control the risks associated with dynamic equity factor investing, according to latest EDHEC-Risk Institute and ERI Scientific Beta research. Between June and September 2017, more than 110 global ...

Potential windfall to be found in super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... incoming superannuation reforms, with clients preparing for retirement or searching for their first home in line for the lion's share. NAB director of SMSF and customer behaviour Gemma Dale said it's crucial consumers are aware of the super reforms expected ...

Macquarie leads alternatives pack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... alternatives survey of 562 investment managers (which included 47 from Asia Pacific) found real estate managers (35%) hold the lion's share of AUM followed by private equity fund managers and hedge funds (equal 17%), private equity funds of funds (12%) ...

AAT upholds ex-AMP adviser ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal affirmed ASIC's decision to permanently ban a former AMP adviser. The regulator found Rommel Panganiban from New South Wales prioritised his own interests ahead his clients' with no reasonable basis in giving advice. ...