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Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... the sour taste in their mouths for all things "risk" since the onset of 2016? They're getting back their mojos. Many, many times I have scribbled on this space about the danger of extrapolation, particularly in the current environment where central speak/rhetoric/announcement/promise/threat ...

CBA risk officer retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... eight years as group chief risk officer, Alden has made a major contribution to the CBA Group, during some very challenging times in global financial services," Narev said. CBA group general counsel and group executive corporate affairs, David Cohen ...

Lifecycle funds startlingly varied

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... extremes one product has only a 20% allocation to growth assets while at the other end, another has 89% - more than four times as much. Elsewhere LGsuper's MySuper Lifecycle product places 65 year old members in an investment option with 90% in growth ...

Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... culture of the asset owner - from recruitment to governance - is particularly important. The Fund's board meets at least 10 times per year to test its investment team's ideas rather than focus purely on performance data. "Sure, there is subjectivity ...

ETFs benefit from market volatility: SSGA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... Australia, STW, which gives investors indirect ownership in the largest 200 companies on the ASX in a single trade. "During times of market uncertainty many investors want (or need) to remain invested in the sharemarket, but higher levels of uncertainty ...

Vanguard notches fourth successive year of record inflows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... asset management industry. It has led to a meaningful effect on the fees charged by its competitors," he told the Financial Times. Part of Vanguard's rise could be explained by comments made by the industry's most famous active managers, Warren Buffett. ...

Adviser pleads guilty following ASIC sting

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... himself by lodging securities owned by five clients as collateral for the margin loans without the clients' authorisation" 67 times. In total, Wise accrued over $1 million via misconduct. He has been granted bail and awaits sentencing.

Aussie large-cap active managers endure massive outflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... generally refrained from lowering ongoing fund charges. "Still, eating into profit margins isn't palatable at the best of times, let alone when assets are stagnant or declining," Wong said. "Active managers can instead try to differentiate themselves ...

Spire Copper Rock small cap fund added to two platforms

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... opportunity to access global companies in sectors like healthcare and technology where Copper Rock currently have nearly three times the Australian index market exposure," Spire Capital director Dale Holmes said. "Many advisers have exposure to the Australian ...

Women own less than 40% of super assets: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... individuals in their early 30s, average balances rose to $36,400 for men and $25,550 for women in 2013/2014, almost two times the average balances of $20,000 for men and $14,000 for women two years earlier. According to the ASFA Retirement Standard ...