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Milliman awarded industry fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Milliman's Managed Risk Strategy will be applied to an industry super fund's default MySuper option from 1 July in a move described as a turning point for superannuation. The $4.8 billion Maritime Super awarded Milliman the managed risk mandate that ...

Asia Funds Passport signed off

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer, has signed the Asia Region Funds Passport's Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) with Japan, Korea and New Zealand. The Passport will facilitate the cross border offering of eligible collective ...

Cash top of mind for investors

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
Cash has overtaken real estate and domestic equities as the dominant asset class as Australians become increasingly more conservative in their investment choices, according to the Legg Mason 2016 Global Investment Survey. The survey revealed there was ...

ETFs moving to mainstream

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... aligned dealer groups is pushing the product into the mainstream, with 2 in 5 planners now using ETFs as a core investment choice for client portfolios according to new research from Betashares and Investment Trends. The Betashares/Investment Trends ...

Extra features not always beneficial for super funds

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... advice, member services or ancillary other services. The research found that while almost all products offer investment choice, 75% offer members an ability to change asset allocation and around 25% offer a Member Direct Investment (MDI) choice, allowing ...

RBF awards $175m credit mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... Shenkman will sit in RBF's alternative debt investment pool, which is a component of RBF's diversified member investment choice options: RBF Growth, RBF Balanced, RBF Moderate, RBF Conservative and RBF's lifecycle option RBF MyPath. Shenkman Capital ...

Retail super portfolios dodge disclosure: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Industry representative groups believe the federal government's draft on improved superannuation transparency does not go far enough, with at least $400 billion in retail fund assets escaping proposed disclosure requirements. In submissions to government ...

Don't flood managed accounts with excess investment options: advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... are model portfolios, he said. Managed account platform operators grappling with the contemporary issues of investment choice and what features they should offer means, however, that the sector has become part of the wealth management mainstream. An ...

Direct investment options are not SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... Slattery said. "The fact is these direct investment options in the APRA funds typically don't have the range of investment choice or the flexibility of an SMSF. A duck is not a chicken, and an APRA fund is not an SMSF, no matter how it is dressed up. ...

SelectingSuper CompareOnline enhances research depth

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
Rainmaker has dramatically enhanced the product research data depth available in its SelectingSuper CompareOnline SOA and superannuation comparison website. SelectingSuper CompareOnline is the web-based comparison system used by adviser groups, super ...