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New report stokes 'Compare the Pair' flames

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... superannuation report by the McKell Institute has fanned the flames of the on-going performance debate between industry and retail funds by highlighting the returns gap between the two segments over the last 25 years. The research uses historical differences ...

Administrators fined over 'free ' SMSF set up claims

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... A Self Managed Super Fund' misrepresented the costs and benefits of SMSFs compared to retail and industry superannuation funds. A third advertisement falsely represented that ASIC reviewed Esuperfund's operations annually to ensure that it complied with ...

FEAL and T. Rowe Price launch national resilience program

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... global asset manager T. Rowe Price have launched a "national resilience program" to foster sustainable leadership within the funds management industry. FEAL chief executive Joanna Davison said the initiative, proposed and sponsored by T. Rowe Price ...

BetaShares partners with fifth largest US ETF provider

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... investment solutions for investors in Australia and New Zealand," BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said. WisdomTree has funds under management of approximately US$35 billion and over 65 ETFs listed in the US covering a broad range of asset classes ...

Independent trustees fix wrong problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... Institute - note that while independent trustees in theory should add a layer of superior governance performance to super funds, the surprise is that it's retail rather than industry funds where independence is more complex. Overlaid with how retail ...

Global Wealth Partners to launch fund on ASX

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... lies at the heart of any sound investment strategy but Australian investors, particularly those with self-managed super funds and self-funded retirees, are significantly underweight global assets," head of MAAM Andrew Martin said. GWP gives access to ...

ASIC lowers wholesale investor threshold to $2.5 million

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... "will not take action where such financial services are provided on a wholesale basis to trustees of existing superannuation funds with less than $10 million in net assets." The regulator added that "this will not affect any private rights of action ...

Australian Ethical launches country's first ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... dollar-denominated fixed rate investments that meet the group's ethical standards as laid out in the Australian Ethical Charter. It has funds under management of $125 million. "Australians wanting to invest in ethical fixed interest assets can - for ...

Challenger pinches account managers from AMP

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... Challenger has appointed two executives from AMP Capital to join its key account team following strong sales and growth in funds. Angela MacPherson and Anna Schofield joined Challenger in July as national key account managers, reporting to general manager ...

Henderson turns fund flows around

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... to A£74.7 billion ($135 billion) following strong demand for the UK and Australian listed fund manager's global retail funds franchise. Underlying profits edged up slightly to A£90.7 million ($164 million) for the first half of the year, from A£88.5m ...