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Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Business Circle on Friday, BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper said governments, policymakers, academics, researchers, the superannuation industry and the broader community should be looking through two separate lenses - a maturing system ...

Cloud-based research platform launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... paid for it. Seed Alpha co-founder, Edward Stockreisser, said the technology solves issues that both buy-side and researchers face as regulators look to change the way equity research is paid for. "These changes cannot be underestimated - they will have ...

Principal fund upgraded by Lonsec

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... has received a "Recommended" rating for its Global Opportunities Equity Fund after the latest review from investment researchers Lonsec. According to Lonsec, the fund's core investment style coupled with diversity in the number of stocks held makes the ...

Bank super incentives 'unlawful': ISA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... employer to switch to a bank-owned product." A recently-published survey of 550 small and medium businesses conducted by researchers from UMR found evidence of bank bundling deals. More than a quarter (26%) of employers surveyed said that a major bank ...

How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... Investors can get two-thirds of the excess return offered by private equity from targeted listed stocks, according to researchers from State Street and Windham Capital Management who say this nullifies the need to allocate to the asset class unless investors ...

BetaShares funds now available on AMP platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2015
... for investors to access." According to the Market Overview - ETF Market December 2014 by Plan for Life Actuaries & Researchers, BetaShares is the fourth-largest ETF issuer by market share, with $1581.25 million in FUM.

Managed accounts boost advice business valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
... options (known as separately managed accounts or SMAs), 25% of these options are operated by financial advice licensees, researchers and consultants such as Ibbotson, Morningstar, Charter Financial Planning, Lonsec, Fat Prophets, Three Sixty, Hill Ross ...

MySuper put spotlight on member outcomes: CIFR

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
... promoted widespread innovation, according to a new report by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). Researchers from the CIFR conducted in-depth interviews with 28 executives from 20 Australian superannuation fund providers to investigate ...

Season's Greetings from Financial Standard

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... finance industry, but also everyday investors. I have also had the fortune to work with a great team of journalists and researchers who cover the space with enthusiasm and a can-do attitude. From next year deputy editor Mark Smith will be helming Financial ...

Foundation raises over $1m for biomedical research

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... allocated to each of the 13 recipients of the Ramaciotti Establishment Grants. The grants are awarded to emerging researchers in universities, public hospitals or institutes who are undertaking biomedical research and provide recognition and support ...