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Derivatives costly and ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... The most popular methods include overlay structures (65%), external manager mandates (47%) and asset allocation core components (26%).

Eurozone low-flation to 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... mainly due to a 4.7% jump in energy prices which, the ECB does not expect to last (or offset by lower prices in other components) based on its latest inflation projections - 1.4% in 2018 and 1.5% in 2019. Most likely this would come from sluggish wages ...

Super funds embrace derivatives to meet retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... The most popular methods include overlay structures (65%), external manager mandates (47%) and asset allocation core components (26%). More than two-thirds (69%) of MySuper funds and choice or pension products (63%) however, don't employ any downside ...

Japan on reverse cycle?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... 0.6% in the previous one and government investment dropping by 2.5% after rising by 5.8% in the second quarter. These components all provided or no contributions to third quarter GDP growth. While net exports (0.5 percentage points) and inventories (0.2 ...

Super funds strengthen support for low carbon economy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... investments in companies that manufacture or directly distribute tobacco as well as those involved in the core system or components of weapons systems or uranium. "I'm thrilled we can deliver a low-carbon investing strategy that offers clients a truly ...

Fee models an art, not a science

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... packages and what's included in those packages. Rando added he will discuss some pricing examples around how certain components are priced, including: Initial meeting; fact find meeting; statement of advice (SoA); implementation - as disclosed in your ...

BT Financial Group merges wealth businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... maintain pace with the rapidly evolving nature of providing advice and changing consumer behaviours. Redirecting various components of the advice business will assist the strategy by matching them with deeper expertise in the broader BT business. Cooper ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... estimate of 2.7%. The strongest growth rate since the March quarter of 2015 was due to stronger contributions from the components that matter most: personal consumption expenditure (contribution revised up to 2.3 percentage points from 1.9 pps in the ...

UniSuper brings investment option in-house

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... coming years. At least 10 large Australian superannuation funds have insourced or are in the process of insourcing components of investment management. The case for internal investment management is also growing overseas, with Universities Superannuation ...

Retirement income innovation severely lacking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... say will meet investment goals. "The taskforce's initial findings are very exciting as we believe we have many of the components that could come together to deliver solutions in the Australian marketplace," Allianz SE, Investment Management, member of ...