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UK government investigates sexism in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... committee roles, largely in HR, marketing, public affairs and the like. Of those on boards, 27% were non-executive directors versus 7% executive directors. Some of the key barriers to women's progress in financial services careers identified were the ...

Brighter Super sees double-digit returns

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... equity, having solid performance across all asset classes, relative to the appropriate benchmark, supported performance versus our peers,'' Rider said. Rider added the merger of LGIAsuper and Energy Super in 2021 occurred at an "opportune'' time, enabling ...

Rising costs bite asset owners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... said the report illustrates the extent to which investors are now facing cost-additive pressures. "This is a real contrast versus the previous decade, when low interest rates, downward pressure on management fees and improved (though still imperfect!) ...

Jones lifts adviser levy freeze, updates funding model

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... unlicensed personal financial advice but also advises on general insurance products based on time spent by staff of 30% versus 70% respectively, the same cost-recovery ratio will apply to the relevant sub-sectors it will charge. The financial advice ...

Growth, quality stocks to outperform: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... type investments in the ETF space, year to date," he said. "The thing to remember is, when you're looking at quality versus growth versus value, we're not seeing any actual breadth across the equity market." He points out that if you look at ...

Advisers pivot to protect retirees from inflation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... head of retirement research David Blanchett created. "Blanchett studied three different drawdown strategies, fixed dollar, versus fixed percentage, versus dynamic," the report said. "He concluded the optimal approach, by a large margin, was a dynamic ...

Spaceship told to cease super, funds distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... identified as seeking high returns, and also that there was a mismatch between the investment risk profile of the options versus the investors. Further, there had been insufficient consideration given to associated investment risk features, like concentration ...

Active fund outperformance mostly short-lived: SPIVA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
The S&P Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) Persistence Scorecard has shown a staggering number of Australian actively managed funds failed to outperform over five consecutive years. According to the report, nearly no actively managed equity, A-REIT and fixed ...

Regulation, funding inhibits digital advice: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... transformation and investment models," the report said. AMP director of advice Matt Lawler said: "We often see digital advice versus face-to-face advice as binary. In reality, clients are likely to move in and out of different forms of advice over time. ...

Boutique co-founder jumps to AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... now selling/closing down Blue Orbit," he said. "The performance of our global small caps fund was very good - excellent versus most of our peers globally - but we were simply unable to raise enough funds. "Both the global and Australian small caps funds ...