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Distrust is super's biggest challenge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
The biggest challenge facing the superannuation system is the distrust millennials have in the financial services industry at large following years of scrutiny. New research from Vanguard comparing the retirement savings systems of Australia, the UK ...

AMP cops short-term pain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
AMP's wealth management inflows took a hit in 2016 as its adviser network felt the impact of legislative reform. Cashflows in to the wealth management division were impacted by regulatory uncertainty which caused investors to be wary of contributing ...

HUB24 the fastest growing platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
HUB24 signed 10 new distribution agreements and welcomed 47 advisers to its platform over the December quarter as it continues an impressive growth strategy. The platform's quarterly business update showed a $1.8 billion (75%) surge in funds under administration ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The end of a 30-year bull market in assets is putting pressure on asset managers' profit margins - and may mean the industry has reached its peak. In a recent Lipper Alpha Insight discussion, Financial Conduct Authority technical specialist - investment ...

Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
If you want to understand the US and global economies and where they're going, you've got to think outside the box because sometimes the most obvious realities are the hardest to see. That was the key message from Principal Global Investors' chief global ...

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Investors who try and predict macroeconomics as a source of alpha rather than focusing on long term trends will suffer in the long term. AXA Investment Managers' head of Framlington Equities, Asia, Mark Tinker told the Financial Standard Chief Economists ...

Nikko Australia appoints COO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
Nikko Asset Management has appointed former head of its global product promotions division in Singapore to chief operations officer for Australia. Peter Lynn's senior leadership role will give him specific accountability for operations, technology ...

Slattery steps down from SMSF Association

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery announced her resignation today along with the appointment of her successor. Slattery has been chief executive of the SMSF Association, formerly the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello is adamant the global investment environment remains risky and offers little return, weighing considerably on the $127 billion sovereign wealth fund's strategy. Announcing a 7.8% return for the 2016 calendar year ...

Expensive property market creating super opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Millennials priced out of the Australian housing market should consider directing savings towards superannuation in order to generate similar returns to that of home ownership. Earlier this week research house Demographia labeled Sydney as the second ...