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US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... wantchinatimes.com, "Russia has banned the import of fruit and vegetables from Poland and is seeking to find Chinese partners to fill the gap, according to Shanghai's China Business News". And it looks better for Russia and China price-wise. "The market ...

Super posts 12.7 pct for FY2014

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... super funds meanwhile achieved 12 month returns of 12.8% compared to corporate retail funds which achieved 11.9% for a segment gap that has contracted to less than 1.0 percentage point due the relative improvement in retail funds which normally have ...

MetLife refocuses on middle classes with direct distribution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... investors in the US said 79 million households either have too little life insurance or none at all leading to an insurance gap estimated at US$15 trillion. MetLife noted that in coverage terms this is an underinsurance increase of almost two thirds. ...

Legg Mason acquires UK global equity manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... spans Australia, Asia, EMEA and the US. "Martin Currie's active international equity capabilities fill our largest product gap and are a perfect complement to our existing investment capabilities. Their management team shares our passion for innovation ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... principle that rejects the notion that disclosure and literacy, while important, are sufficient to deal with the knowledge gap between buyer and seller. We observe in the interim report that the current disclosure-based framework has failed to adequately ...

ASIC warns fund managers to fix fee disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned fund managers to get their act together to avoid inconsistent or false disclosure of fees to investors. The regulator has issued a report following an investigation into fee and ...

Funds return 11% in May

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... Not-for-profit super funds achieved 12 month returns of 11.7% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 9.7% for a segment gap that has settled back to 2.0 percentage points due the relative improvement in retail funds, noted Rainmaker which ...

Retail fund members most unsatisfied: Roy Morgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
Retail funds continue to underperform industry funds when it comes to member satisfaction, but the gap is closing, according to the latest Roy Morgan research. The research found that 55.8% of industry fund members were satisfied with their fund's financial ...

Retail fund members most unsatisfied: Roy Morgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
Retail funds continue to underperform industry funds when it comes to member satisfaction, but the gap is closing, according to the latest Roy Morgan research. The research found that 55.8% of industry fund members were satisfied with their fund's financial ...

Prepare for the 'financial Amazon': Joye

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... Christopher Joye. Speaking at the Financial Standard MAX forum in Sydney yesterday, Joye said there was a surprisingly large gap in this market. "Why aren't there websites that allow us to buy all financial products?" he asked. He said the development ...