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Sigma wins industry fund equities mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Boutique firm Sigma Funds Management has won an Australian equities mandate from a Sydney-based industry superannuation fund. The mandate goes to Sigma's Select strategy, a high conviction broad cap value strategy that has outperformed the S&P/ASX300 ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Oh-em-gee! Australia, for sure and for certain, is in trouble now. Economic growth has slowed to a crawl - a mere 0.2% in the second quarter - and that 2.5% below-trend growth in the first quarter we've all been moaning about has fallen below-er trend ...

Government must not mandate products for super members: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia said the AIST supports more flexibility around retirement product development but the federal government should not be mandating particular products for super members. Opening ...

FSC, FPA support ASIC user-pay model

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
Both the Financial Services Council and Financial Planning Association of Australia have voiced their support for an industry funding model for ASIC. On August 28, Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg welcomed industry consultation on the proposal while ...

Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
The superannuation system is doing its job, a newly published white paper from the Actuaries Institute has concluded, but Financial System Inquiry chair David Murray argues it must be removed from political intervention. The new paper, 'For Richer or ...

UBS enters SIV space

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
UBS has become the latest investment manager to enter the Significant Investor Visa market with the launch of a compliant fund. The revamped SIV, effective 1 July 2015, aims to attract high net worth investors to Australia who invest a minimum of $5 ...

Cash is king at the Future Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
The Future Fund has reported a 15.4% return for the year to 30 June 2015 and has dramatically increased its cash exposure to 19.5% as it expects higher volatility and lower global growth. The fund's cash exposure has increased from 11.2% to 19.5% in ...

REST appoints exec from SSFS

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
REST has appointed a chief risk officer who was previously a risk manager at State Super Financial Services (SSFS). Phil Budge joined REST in June 2015 and is responsible for the fund's risk management framework. At the same time, he provides independent ...

Zero-margin platforms could target Australian market

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
Australia's "slow to innovate" investment platform landscape could be threatened by the arrival of overseas "zero-margin" providers, according to Bravura Solutions research. Referencing economist Jeremy Rifkin's The Zero Marginal Cost Society, Bravura's ...

ANZ signs $450m tech agreement with IBM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
ANZ will pay IBM $450 million for a five year agreement to increase productivity and improve its technology and software across the group. The deal includes access to IBM's software portfolio, an Innovation Lab, next generation cloud development and ...