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Infrastructure pricing reshaping investment landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... large projects and "everyone's thinking along the same lines," pricing becomes worrying. To combat this, Fok said in recent times the industry superannuation fund has taken more control in the shape of its portfolio and now heavily considers co-investing ...

Munich Re Australasia MD and global CEO step down

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... its industry. I will be stepping into the 'big shoes' of my predecessor. "This new responsibility comes during difficult times. The ongoing low-interest-rate phase places a heavy burden on the insurance industry and on Munich Re. Primary insurance and ...

Platforms rise by $51.4bn in 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... billion. Plan for Life said masterfunds climbed $31.2 billion or 4.9% in the December quarter on the back of "positive, if at times wobbly, investment markets supported by unprecedented stimulatory low interest rates." The firm added that market choppiness ...

Retail managed funds rose strongly in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... researcher described as a year of "solid consolidation" for the industry. "Half of the growth was as a result of positive, but at times rather jittery, investment earnings on underlying markets that are still underpinned by unprecedented low interest ...

Capital Group rethinks global investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... years, New Perspective has generated an annualised return of 13.7% versus an index return of 10.0%. This translates to four times more wealth in Australian dollar terms being generated, compared to investing in the index. Speaking at a media briefing ...

Narev apologetic in face of CommInsure allegations

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... balanced by customer need and dignity. "Here, we got that balance wrong. We focused on details which caused delays at critical times for customers that needed help. "We are deeply committed to being an ethical business. We will do our utmost to maintain ...

NAB supports ex-adviser ban

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... general manager Greg Miller commended ASIC's decision, saying, "Advisers must follow all processes and procedures at all times to make sure they are doing the right thing by our customers, but this wasn't the case for Mr McCormack." "We want to strengthen ...

With pretty numbers like these, who needs a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... prizes for guessing, it's also the cheaper dollar-A that's helped the improvement in trade deficit. As I've ranted many, many times before... the A$ depreciation is a 'de facto' easing in monetary policy and it's working. The problem now is that Australia's ...

Back-office upgrade is front of mind for time-conscious advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... processing has always been a perennial pain in the back office because advisers have to re-key the same information multiple times. A new deal between netwealth and IRESS plans to change that. Platform provider netwealth and software solutions group ...

Crouching services, contracting manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... with a reduction in its benchmark lending rate from 5.6% to 5.35% in March and so on. China's central bank cut the RRR four times in 2015 taking it down from 20% to 17.5% by end-December. It cut interest rates five times from 5.60% to 4.35% by the end ...