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Advisers show overwhelming support for ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... Advisors (SSgA) seminar has revealed that Australian financial planners overwhelmingly support the use of exchange traded funds. A survey of attendees at SSgA's "Strategies for Accessing International Investment Opportunities" seminar in Melbourne found ...

BTIM appoints Investa chair to board

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... appointed Deborah Page as an independent non-executive director to its board. Page is currently the chairman of Investa Listed Funds Management and is a non-executive director of Service Stream, Australian Renewable Fuels, The Colonial Mutual Life Assurance ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... also be accessed in the app through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers in the print edition - are also on ...

Viable SMSF size underestimated

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The size at which a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) becomes a viable alternative to regular funds may be considerably higher than the industry currently estimates due to the impact of scale on performance. The industry typically advises that ...

ISA attacks financial 'short-termism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... factors - including liquidity requirements, short-term reporting cycles, retailisation and market pressure - that force super funds to take a short-term view. These factors, it said, put an "excessive focus" on short-term results, leading to a "destruction ...

Industry fund claims experience worse than retail: PWC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The claims experience at industry superannuation funds has deteriorated in recent months and is now worse than in retail funds, PriceWaterhouseCoopers partner Barry Rafe said. Speaking at the Financial Services Council 2014 Life Insurance Conference ...

Banks eye Google Glass as tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... come into the market later this year. The application will allow consumers to locate the nearest ATM machines, to transfer funds and to check their account balances. "Wearable technology is expected to be the next stage of the tech evolution," Westpac ...

William Blair opens three funds to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
US fund manager William Blair has launched its first unit trusts to Australian institutional and wholesale investors. The Global Leaders Equity Fund, Emerging Markets Leaders Equity Fund and Dynamic Diversified Allocation Fund were selected from William ...

Plato partners Milliman to offer retiree income solution

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... allow them to maintain higher weightings to growth assets whilst managing the risk of a GFC-style shock. Many superannuation funds see "lifecycle" strategies, which progressively de-risk investments as members approach retirement, as the answer to the ...

Folkestone acquires Maxim property boutique

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... with its real estate securities fund and high yield real estate debt fund, compliments Folkestone's existing real estate funds management platform that currently offers listed REITs and unlisted income and development funds," Greg Paramor, Folkestone's ...