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BT Panorama boosts functionality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
BT Panorama has exceeded $20 billion in funds under administration and boosted platform functionality. In July 2018, BT introduced simple open platform pricing for BT Panorama and since then the platform has enjoyed 78% growth, BT Financial Group said. ...

Irish pension funds reduce equity exposure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... allocations to alternative assets (property, infrastructure and hedge funds) have increased to 22% from 15% in 2018. This trend is reflected by investors across Europe and the UK, with the average equity holding falling to 25% this year from 28% last ...

Perpetual Investments leaks $1.1bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... PPT shares had fallen by $1.79 at the end of yesterday's trading, following the FUM announcement. Shares have continued to trend lower in this morning's trading. Asset class mix, distribution channels The $27.1 billion total FUM includes $17.4 billion ...

Managed investment scheme operator AFSL canned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... which are necessary to wind up Australian Pink Diamond Fund, Grange Capital Management Growth Plus Fund and Accelerated Trend Hedge Fund. This licence cancellation also included the Trident Global Growth Fund. The cancellation comes after ASIC banned ...

Advisers struggle with untapped SMSF market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The demand for self-managed superannuation fund advice has stagnated over the last decade, while overall satisfaction with financial planners has declined to a seven-year low. This is according to Vanguard and Investment Trends' March 2019 SMSF Report ...

REI Super announces new partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The $1.6 billion super fund for the real estate industry announced a new partnership to power better member outcomes. REI Super is partnering with Laneway Analytics for data insights specific to user requirements across roles within the super fund. ...

Super funds hard to engage with: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
About 67% of superannuation fund members who attempted to engage their super fund in the last 12 months gave up, according to new research. New insights from the Investment Trends Super Fund Member Sentiment and Communications Report shows 67% of super ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... fixed income allocations to 33% from 30% in 2018 while cutting equities to 30% from 33%. This reverses the five-year-long trend during which fixed income allocations at sovereign investors fell as equities posted strong gains. The results are from Invesco's ...

LGIAsuper to stand on its own

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
Queensland-based superannuation fund LGIAsuper has doubled down on its efforts to rebuke the current trend of consolidation sweeping the sector. In a post to its website, chief executive of the $12 billion fund, Kate Farrar said LGIAsuper was not seeking ...

Scaled advice tools on the rise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... (22%) businesses are currently using the technology -up from just 13.1% in 2018. "As the customer experience continues to trend towards a more personalised service, it's no surprise that advice firms are embracing scaled advice to help achieve this," ...