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Colonial First State introduces new platform

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... how to make delivering advice easier. That's how we came up with Elevate." Quirk added that advisers are increasingly time-poor and do not have the same access to human resources tools and resources like large organisations do. "CFS Elevate seeks to ...

Magellan targets $100bn in five years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... strengthening its UK and Europe operations. Speaking at the Magellan annual general meeting, George acknowledged Magellan's poor investment performance and said there are several opportunities within its three core investment capabilities it will ...

Vanguard unveils positive impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
Vanguard Australia has launched a global positive impact equities fund that aims to outperform the broad global equities market with a "measurable impact on global environmental and social challenges." The Vanguard Active Positive Impact Fund is a concentrated ...

Australian retirement system given B+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
Australia's retirement system has been awarded a B+ by Mercer and the CFA Institute in their 2022 Global Pension Index, ranking sixth overall for the second consecutive year. The index covers 44 retirement systems around the world, measuring them on ...

US state public pensions fragile: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... pension funds makes clear that state and local retirement systems collectively aren't going to invest their way out of their poor funded status, an Equable report says. Equable's State of Pensions 2022 report says adjustments must be made to account ...

First Sentier launches small cap fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... will become large, successful businesses, other companies will flounder, or fall victim to unfavourable market conditions or poor management decisions. Our long short strategy has the flexibility to take short positions in those companies for the benefit ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... The chief executive says it isn't just size that needs addressing - it is returns and service. Unfortunately, he adds, poor performance doesn't belong to small funds only. What needs to be called out is poor performance irrespective of fund size. ...

Tech providers support QAR SOA proposals

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
... on file and only submitting them to clients if they ask isn't one of them. "It's likely to lead to greater risk of poor documentation and a future increased workload for the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA)," it said. IMAP did ...

Managed funds industry records $16bn net flows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... performance by 12 months, so leading performance will experience inflows from investors 12 months later and the same goes for poor performers experiencing outflows." Of the asset classes, Australian equities large cap had the highest 12-month net flows ...

AMP cops $14.5m penalty over fees for no service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
Five AMP companies will pay $14.5 million for charging close to 1500 superannuation members fees for no service over the course of about three years. The Federal Court handed the fine to AMP Superannuation, AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial ...