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MetLife launches retirement product

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
Life Insurer MetLife has launched a new retirement product in partnership with industry super fund MTAA, labeling similar options already on the market "inadequate." MetLife Australia said it would initially only be working with MTAA, with a spokesperson ...

Super funds shouldn't abandon small-cap active managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
The trend for smart beta and index investing might be growing across the wealth creation industry, but when it comes to small-cap investing, you can't beat good old-fashioned active management, according to OC Funds Management's Rob Frost. His OC Premium ...

Would-be clients snub advice

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
Potential financial planning clients are less likely to take up advice than they were last year, according to CoreData's 2012 Financial Planning Shadow Shop. The report details financial planners' ability to engage real buyers of investment, superannuation ...

AIST argues for fee-cap in MySuper submission

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' submission to the final tranche of the Federal Government's MySuper legislation will highlight problems with asset-based administration fees. After putting the finishing touches on its submission ...

Global fund managers bullish on equities: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
Not even one global fund manager who responded to a recent HSBC survey is underweight equities, and more than half are underweight cash. HSBC, which released results of its fund manager survey today, said that 75% of global managers have an overweight ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
Going for the ceiling. Sorry folks, this time it's not about the US debt ceiling. It's about Wall Street making another run for the all-time high it reached back before the GFC stood for the Geelong Football Club and not the Global Financial Crisis. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong performances on Wall Street and European markets overnight following positive US economic data. At 0624 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was up 39 points at ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
Australian shares have opened flat as traders wait to see if the market surpasses a 19-month high reached after the New Year. At 1014 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.6 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 4,748.0 and the broader All ...

Interviews start soon for new AIST CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
Interviews will take place over the coming weeks to find a new chief executive for the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. A spokesperson confirmed that applications for the role have closed and interviews will begin shortly, to replace ...

Business as usual at Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
In the wake of several high-profile redundancies across the global organisation, Mercer has said that it is business as usual for its Australian asset-consulting arm. It was revealed at the end of last year that Mercer was abandoning a three-year-old ...