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Government superannuation reforms shelved

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... They were put on hold after Senator Patrick and the Nick Xenophon Team withdrew their support, citing the exclusion of "choice" funds from the legislation. "We hold real concerns about the transparency measures in regards to choice funds," Patrick told ...

Investment bonds see seismic shift: Zenith

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
New Zenith research reveals what the ratings house calls a "seismic shift" in the way investment bonds are managed. Zenith showed that in the six years to May 2017, the share of investment bonds allocated to multi-asset strategies rose from 10 to 45% ...

Super funds embrace derivatives to meet retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... external manager mandates (47%) and asset allocation core components (26%). More than two-thirds (69%) of MySuper funds and choice or pension products (63%) however, don't employ any downside protection strategies; about 32% said objectives could be ...

APRA delivers poor super fund ultimatum

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... implement member outcomes assessments for all funds," Rowell said. She also re-expressed her views when it comes to super fund choice, asking conference delegates that from a member's perspective "at what point does the level of choice become more a ...

Game theory revolutionises risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
The gamification of risk profiling is rising in Australia with the launch of a platform already being used by several advice groups. United States-based behavioural economics, decision science and financial technology firm Capital Preferences has developed ...

Institutional advice licensees to continue feeling the heat

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... Alcock said. Non-institutionally aligned platforms offer a simple solution as they provide financial institutions with the choice that investors need under the new requirements, while separating the provision of financial advice from the distribution ...

Hedge fund sector flourishing: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... US $3.2 trillion at the end of September 2016. For hedge fund managers, the Cayman Islands (53%) remains the domicile of choice, followed by the US (29%), Ireland (6%), British Virgin Islands (5%) and Luxembourg (4%). Hedge fund activity across Europe ...

New investment consultant for $2bn industry fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... seeing in the New Year with a new primary investment consultant. AvSuper, winner of this years' SelectingSuper Consumer Choice award, appointed Frontier Advisors following a comprehensive tender review process conducted by KPMG. "We have had a great ...

Jeremy Cooper explores the inconvenient truth of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... are trying to bolt a more defined benefit-like (DB) solution onto our defined contribution (DC) system, while maintaining choice and flexibility," he added. He argued that a super fund needs a philosophy around retirement income that amounts to more ...

HUB24 upgrades platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... technology and service improvements to assist advisers. "This is why our focus is on connectivity, value, openness and choice for advisers and their clients. Our open architecture is the key to providing this, as it enables greater responsiveness to ...