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Digital advice as commonplace as internet banking

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... innovation Jan Kolbusz. Speaking to Financial Standard at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia Conference on the Gold Coast, Kolbusz said banks and super funds are uniquely placed to capitalise on digital advice, given that "people ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... seeking expertise to better understand the Australian bond market. Addressing the bank's ninth Annual Global Markets Conference in Sydney, CBA head of fixed income research Adam Donaldson noted the appeal of Australian bond markets in a low-growth environment. ...

Alpha-beta split allows better asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... fees for beta 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." ...

Under reporting of super fees harming investors: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... it believes the established 18-month transition period is sufficient. Speaking at the Australian Superannuation Investment (ASI) conference in Cairns yesterday, ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer said the regulator believed the transition "was very generous." ...

Super funds seeking low carbon mandates

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016

Super funds must harvest farmland

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... diversified and global. TIAA Global Real Assets managing director John Goodreds told the Australian Superannuation Investment (ASI) conference that setting up core investment in farmland and value-add investments in agribusiness would place institutional ...

Negative rates can generate positive returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... negative in many places, this is getting harder and harder," Lillicrap said. At the Australian Superannuation Investment (ASI) conference yesterday it was shown that it is possible to construct a multi-asset investment portfolio that delivers positive ...

Super CIOs say short-termism endemic

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... massive pressure on future investment strategies. A panel of fund executives told the 2016 Australian Superannuation Investment (ASI) conference that regardless of the "lower for longer" environment there needs to be heavy lifting in unacceptable short-term ...

Capital stewards create value on Main Street

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... communities. Lazard Asset Management Australia chief executive, Rob Prugue, told the Australian Superannuation Investment (ASI) conference in Cairns that a fund's involvement in capital stewardship may come down to timing and market occurrences. "Capital ...

Super investment poorly communicated

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... bad job" of communicating its investment story to wider Australia. Opening the 2016 Australian Superannuation Investment (ASI) conference in Cairns today, Garcia said the industry could also do a better job in communicating the effort expelled to consistently ...