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Setting the active record straight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... this year, paints a particularly bleak picture of the industry, with only small proportions of managers outperforming - has a few "nuances" of which the average investor should be aware. She highlighted two key SPIVA principles: first, the survivorship ...

BEAR regime must extend entire industry: Medcraft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... willing to see it through to the end, and we are," he said. "Often when there are problems people will say 'Oh it's just a few bad apples' but at some point you have to wonder how many bad apples you can have and is it actually a problem with the tree." ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... SPDR S&P 500, it does about $16 billion a day in flow, which represents about 6% of its total value. So over the course of a few weeks, those things are turning over 100% of their value."

Group insurance inaction is "robbery": Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... and practically to the trustee. In this context, AMP will provide a draft to the FSC to implement our intention in the next few weeks. We look forward to working with other trustees to achieve this intended outcome," AMP said in an additional submiss ...

Euro strength is a source of weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... our information set in our future policy decisions. In the last monetary policy meeting there were concerns expressed by a few. These concerns were now reiterated by most members at this meeting. Of course one issue that was discussed was how much of ...

Super funds and weapons of mass destruction

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... external manager. When asked why they used derivatives, 57% cited their usefulness as a risk management strategy, while very few (43% never and 50% sometimes) used them as a source of incremental yield. "By and large, the industry is still in an accumulation ...

The disconnect at the heart of financial services

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... occupation is a "career or a calling." He said that while many investment professionals were driven by a passion for markets, very few self-reported the purpose of their work as being to contribute to economic growth or deliver better outcomes for clients. ...

Fitzpatricks Group acquires financial advice firm

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... Dickson, managing director of Retirement Victoria, has signalled his intention to retire but will stay on with the business for a few months to help in the transition. "Our company has observed and has endorsed the Fitzpatricks client centric advice ...

MyState advice arm grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
The performance of its wealth management division proved to be one of the highlights for MyState last financial year. The Tasmanian financial group's wealth management arm increased its funds under management at the fastest rate in many years, up 8% ...

Investors short on tax-effective structures: Centuria Life

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... super contributions already in place, if discretionary trusts fall under the Opposition's hammer, investors will have very few tax-effective savings options left." Additionally, Rogan casts doubt over the benefits of family trusts, even if left untouched ...