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Life insurance industry rebuts need for greater reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... statements to defend last year's CommInsure scandal and provide the Committee with a copy of the Deloitte report released last Tuesday. "Now, we are not perfect and mistakes were identified. For those mistakes that were made, we apologise and we will ...

Wednesday delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... we'll have clearer skies by Wednesday. One that will affect economies and financial markets everywhere. Wednesday (or Tuesday night US time), is the day when US President Donald Trump speaks before the joint-session of Congress, where he, hopefully ...

Senate committee files views on super objective

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... (Objective) Bill may soon be debated in the Senate, following a Senate Economics Legislation Committee report filed on Tuesday. Committee chair, Senator Jane Hume, told Financial Standard that after considering all positions it was recommended that the ...

Australian-first fund exceeds target

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... correlated with the share market. This means they typically rise when markets fall. "You could see this first-hand last Tuesday, when the market fell 5% intra-day, following Donald Trump's US election win, our investors made money." The fund manager ...

Alpha-beta split allows better asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... performance. First State Super investment strategist Zoe McHugh told the Australian Superannuation Investment (ASI) conference on Tuesday that about $24 billion of its $56 billion investment portfolio is placed in the beta or "market portfolio." "Beta ...

Macquarie cops fine over van Eyk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... by ASIC following its admission to the mismanagement of the van Eyk Blueprint International Shares Fund (VBI Fund). On Tuesday, the NSW Supreme Court ordered Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) to pay $400,000 to the corporate regulator and also contribute ...

Is gold on the ceiling for Australian investors?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... research that shows gold has returned about 23% when interest rates are lower than 2% in Australia. At a separate event on Tuesday, Avoca Investment Management portfolio manager John Campbell was bearish about the asset class, describing it as bizarre ...

Super platform goes for gold

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... Yellow Brick Road's platform brightday Complete Super. The partnership was announced at an ABC Bullion event in Sydney on Tuesday and is timely given gold's recent market performance and precious metals reportedly entering a new bull market. ABC Bullion ...

Super gets reality check on engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... the consumer advocacy group. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) event in Sydney on Tuesday, Kirkland said there are basic misunderstandings of super that need to be addressed before funds attempt more sophisticated ...

TCorp creates bespoke fund for NSW govt

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... sophisticated and bespoke investment solution for the New South Wales government. As announced in the state's 2016-17 Budget on Tuesday, TCorp has worked with the NSW government to establish an investment fund that aims to better manage the proceeds ...