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Market Vectors QUAL ETF added to two platforms

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
The Market Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality exchange traded fund (QUAL) has been added to the BT SuperWrap and Asgard Super platforms. In its first year, QUAL has returned 35.81% (after fees) to 29 October 2015, outperforming the standard international ...

A December lift if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... that, "What the committee has been expecting is that the economy will continue to grow at a pace that's sufficient to generate further improvements to the labor market and to return inflation to our 2 percent target over the medium term." But exhibit ...

Swiss Re to use artificial intelligence in underwriting

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... chief executive Thomas J. Watson, Watson is distributed remotely via cloud services and analyses large amounts of data to generate insights and refine its process through machine learning. It famously competed in (and won) quiz show Jeopardy! in 2011 ...

90 West founder steps down

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
The founder of 90 West Asset Management, Clive Landale, has after more than seven years decided to step down from the business to return to his farming and agricultural interests. Landale founded 90 West in 2008, managing an absolute return fund which ...

Administrator buys Asia-Pacific hedge fund business

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... Hong Kong and Singapore offices. The transaction is expected to be finalised by 31 December 2015, and is predicted to generate about US$1 million in annual revenue for MainstreamBPO. The purchase was funded by MainstreamBPO's IPO proceeds after listing ...

Link to list on the ASX today

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
The largest IPO of the year is set to launch later today, when Link Group lists on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Link raised $946.5 million from institutional investors and sold its share at $6.37, the highest price of the indicative price ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... of the [international] banks are attractive, but we need to be selective in this environment. We focus on banks that generate a lot of fee income, rather than margins on lending," he explains. Other themes are the travel industry supply chain, with companies ...

ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
Australia's big four banks collect one third of all fees paid to superannuation funds totaling about $10 billion, according to research from Rainmaker Information commissioned by Industry Super Australia. The study found that the super industry drew ...

California pension giants must divest from coal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... California governor Edmund Brown announced the signing of the bill on his website. The move is in line with his target to generate half of the state's electricity from renewable sources by 2030. The law requires the US$291 billion ($400 billion) California ...

Australian Catholic Super launches retirement income product

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... solution focused on making members' account balances last as long as possible into retirement. It's been designed to generate a consistent stream of income during retirement while continuing to grow savings." The Australian Catholic Superannuation RetireSmart ...