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Netflix-style shopping for funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... sent an email with details of the fund which they can then forward on to their adviser. Forum360 provides feedback and analysis based off hard data from shopping through to booking, in-meeting activity, and post meeting reviews to fulfilment. The feedback ...

Synchron slams RC on commissions

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... recommendation means advisers with these books will receive two times revenue, therefore the net effect is zero." Rainmaker analysis shows Synchron advisers account for a large proportion of the Association of Financial Advisers' membership. The AFA ...

Hayne stops short of dismantling vertical integration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... economies of scale and the convenience of a relationship with just one financial institution. On a simple cost benefit analysis, Hayne couldn't find a reason to oust the vertical integration model. The Commissioner also said that if the costs of ...

Superannuation smashes gender diversity goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  SUNDAY, 3 FEB 2019
... progress continues to be slow, and is shown to be lagging the business as usual projection from 2015, with an updated analysis projecting that 30% of directorships will not be held by women until at least 2029, if the current rate of increase remains ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... to Chinese equities thanks to major indices that began offering China A-Shares last year. This is according Zenith's analysis of emerging market fund managers it rated, which increased their average exposure to China from 18% to 22% over the past 12 ...

AustralianSuper hikes admin fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... AustralianSuper declined to comment on how the fee increases will affect members with low balances of $6000 and less. Rainmaker analysis shows balances of $6000 will see total fees increase from 2.14% per annum to 2.61% per annum - or from $128.40 to ...

Industry Super Australia attacks Future Fund concept

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... of their retirement savings, if they forgo a top performing industry fund for the Future Fund. The peak body said the analysis is based on top quartile balanced pension fund options, because their asset allocation is "substantially similar" to balanced ...

Ethical investments top mandate appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
An analysis of the 273 mandate appointments in the year to September 2018 demonstrates the rise of ethical investing. Rainmaker analysis shows ethical or responsible investments were the fastest growing asset class in the 12-month period. Allocations ...

ASIC seeks new default super partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... at least $10 billion in assets or those that can demonstrate an ability to meet that milestone by July 2021. Rainmaker analysis shows just 28 of the 82 super funds offering a MySuper product currently manage more than $10 billion in assets, meaning roughly ...

Female board representation increases in Australia: MSCI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... progress continues to be slow, and is shown to be lagging the business as usual projection from 2015, with an updated analysis projecting that 30% of directorships will not be held by women until at least 2029, if the current rate of increase remains ...