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Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Australia's "brutally competitive" superannuation system makes it a high-risk prospect for foreign investment managers, according to Cerulli Associates research. The Cerulli Edge - Asia-Pacific Edition, 2Q 2016 report highlighted the aggressive downward ...

Time to fear the no "fear gauge"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Yippee-kay-yay! 'twas a good week for most major equity markets last week, all were blinking the happy bright and happy colour green....and this, just as we're about to see the end days of May - yes, the month when we're advised to sell and go away....and ...

AIA launches adviser wellness program

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Life insurer AIA Australia has launched a 12-week executive wellness program targeted at financial advisers to enhance their business value and personal effectiveness as business owners. The initiative will be based around AIA's Vitality program and ...

AXA IM global equity SmartBeta fund gets RIAA approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
AXA Investment Managers has received responsible investment certification by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) for its environmental, social and governance SmartBeta equity pooled fund - AXA IM ACWI SmartBeta Equity Fund. The ...

Oxford-Man Institute expands into machine learning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
The University of Oxford and Man AHL have announced that the Oxford-Man Institute (OMI) will expand its focus on machine learning and data analytics, becoming part of the University's department of engineering and science from 1 August 2016. The expansion ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... 4.9% over the month Despite the strong survey results, Westpac still expects the RBA to cut interest rates further in August "after it has had time to further analyse the inflation trends in the June quarter and the March quarter national accounts". ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Australia retail sales ABS data released yesterday gave meat to the RBA's statement after its 3 May Board meeting that, "In Australia, the available information suggests that the economy is continuing to rebalance following the mining investment boom" ...

Charter Hall appoints CIO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Charter Hall Group has appointed a new chief investment officer. Sean McMahon will commence the role in August 2016; the role was created following a management restructure announced in February. He will be responsible for Charter Hall's strategy, mergers ...

Kinetic Super hires retirement specialist as CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Kinetic Super has hired a superannuation industry and retirement specialist as its chief executive from May 16. Andrew Barnett joins from JANA Investment Advisers where he was general manager retirement strategy for seven months. Before that appointment ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Uh-oh! Don't know if you noticed but most equity markets around the world finished in the red heading into and up to the end of April. The raison d'Aatre, the source of angst, the trigger for the sell orders all pointed to the disappointment over the ...