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Cbus hiring 30 advice professionals following service launch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Cbus has launched a new financial advice model to deliver to fund members. Prioritising tailored member engagement via advice over the phone, the $33 billion super fund will commence hiring for "30 specialist financial advice service roles" to grow ...

TCorp creates bespoke fund for NSW govt

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
TCorp is demonstrating its scale as one of Australia's largest fund managers by creating a sophisticated and bespoke investment solution for the New South Wales government. As announced in the state's 2016-17 Budget on Tuesday, TCorp has worked with ...

XTBs and SMAs a good match

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
Exchange traded bond units inside separately managed accounts are addressing previous investor portfolio inefficiencies and allowing a greater ability to deliver outcomes-based investment models. Australian Corporate Bond Company chief executive Richard ...

Objectives-based investing under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Assets in Australian objectives-based managed funds have quadrupled over the last decade to about $10 billion yet risk and return outcomes are not necessarily living up to expectations. Investment researcher Morningstar says in a new white paper that ...

Investors must adapt to capital light era

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
By 2030 financial services providers and investors will need to adapt to a world requiring lower funding for smaller scale investments in comparison with Australia's recent mining boom. This is one of several views held by ANZ in its Servicing Australia's ...

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... financial markets would rise or fall - as they did last week - depending on what the polls show as to which side is ahead. Yes, Brexiteers and the Bremainers are virtually neck and neck, or should I type, breathing at each other's necks, but as any scribe ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... getting." Moving to Australia was never part of Kelton's plan, and he says not many in the business would have expected him to say yes. But he describes the opportunity in Australia as a "no-brainer" from a business perspective: "It's one of the best ...

QSuper calms super raid fears

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
QSuper has reiterated the Queensland budget is not drawing from the superannuation fund's money to reduce government debt and invest in infrastructure. Among the budget aftermath QSuper chief executive Michael Pennisi explained that a government proposal ...

State governments must divest energy networks: CEDA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia is recommending each state government divest or privatise the provision of energy network services, a move that would open opportunities for infrastructure investors. CEDA says to usher in a new phase ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... economy's annual growth rate relative to its peers, to quote ol' blue eyes, "Top of the list, King of the hill, A number one..." Yes Virginia, the Australian economy grew faster than the majors in the March quarter, with real GDP expanding by 3.1% over ...