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Mercer issues super fund imperatives

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
A superannuation industry consultant believes that in 2016, fund investment strategies will need to have a stronger focus on individual members with tailored asset allocations based on demographics. As part of a wide-ranging paper that addresses Mercer's ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services wins mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
AIA has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services as its OTC derivatives operations provider. Under the mandate, BNP Paribas will provide trade management, collateral management and trade repository reporting in Hong Kong and Singapore. "We have been ...

Tail risk hedging works for industry fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Vision Super has reassured local councils the $7.5 billion fund has protected its defined benefit (DB) members from share market downturns thanks to a tail risk hedging strategy. Vision Super chief investment officer Michael Wyrsch said management of ...

PIMCO appoints new MD

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
PIMCO has appointed a managing director and head of client analytics. Jamil Baz joins PIMCO from Man GLG Partners, where he was a senior managing director and chief investment strategist. He previously worked at PIMCO in 2007 as a portfolio manager. ...

New robo-advice business launches

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
BetaSmartz, a new robo-advice platform aimed at both institutional and retail investors, has launched today. The platform uses algorithms based on 60 years of academic research to create portfolios that equal the performance and sophistication of those ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Australia's large institutions must tread carefully if they are to adapt their workforces to the monumental changes resulting from process automation in what has been dubbed "the second machine age." A 2015 PwC report said nearly half of the jobs in ...

Core holdings will be lacklustre in 2016: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
The core of every investor's portfolio is going to be lacklustre in 2016, said State Street Global Advisers head of investments Kevin Anderson at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney. The markets expert said investors need to make ...

Buffett brings adviser PI products to Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) has announced it is introducing professional indemnity products in Australia, including one for financial planners. The new policies are Executive First Directors & Officers Liability ...

Prime Super awards insurance mandate to CommInsure

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
Prime Super has appointed CommInsure as its new group insurer following a competitive tender process. The partnership takes effect on 1 May 2016. "This is an exciting change to the group life insurance arrangements for Prime Super. Our goals in undertaking ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
Offering a choice of superannuation fund to more Australian workers doesn't mean they will exercise the opportunity, nor make any better long-term investment decision. This was one of several views presented by REST Industry Super in its submission ...