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Powerwrap launches SMA service

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
Platform provider Powerwrap has launched a separately managed account (SMA) offering, designed to provide advisers and clients with improved investment opportunities by allowing managers to be more responsive to market conditions in real-time. The new ...

Fears of increased compliance costs misguided

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
A financial services technology firm says transparent risk and governance measures have always been fundamental to the delivery of 'true' digital financial advice. Decimal believes compliance should already be at the core of robo-advice platforms utilised ...

Alpha-beta split allows better asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
One of Australia's largest superannuation funds says it has strategically split its investment portfolio between alpha and beta to better monitor performance and asset allocation. Although not a new concept, First State Super has moved to an alpha and ...

Enrolments point to adviser growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
New figures from education provider Kaplan Professional suggest a greater number of people are embracing financial advice as a career. Data from the end of August showed there was close to a 30% increase in financial services enrolments compared to ...

Legg Mason Brandywine fund gets top rating again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
The Legg Mason Brandywine Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Trust has been awarded a "Highly Recommended" rating by Lonsec for a third straight year. The rating coincides with the fund surpassing $500 million in assets under management in Australia ...

Tribeca to compete with overseas hedge funds

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Tribeca Investment Partners has launched a Cayman vehicle for its Global Natural Resources Fund to meet international investor demand. The fund, a global long-short natural resources strategy, primarily focuses on large cap equities but invests in other ...

NAB partners with global custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
NAB has completed the transition of its asset servicing business. Citi will now act as global custodian for NAB Asset Servicing; the strategic partnership was originally announced in 2015 and will, in the bank's words, "provide NAS customers direct ...

Super funds seeking low carbon mandates

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016

Super funds must harvest farmland

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
A global real assets manager believes there are significant tailwinds for institutional investors placing capital in agriculture over the coming years, provided the approach is diversified and global. TIAA Global Real Assets managing director John Goodreds ...

UK corporate pension deficit swells

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
The combined pension deficit of the UK's 350 largest listed companies widened £50 billion ($87 billion) in August, the increase on record. According to data from Mercer, the accounting deficit of defined benefit pension schemes for FTSE 350 companies ...