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UniSuper develops personalised retirement benchmark

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016

... have to rely heavily on the age pension, highlighting the importance for members to focus on retirement adequacy. UniSuper plans to use the model to benchmark how members' outcomes shift over time and to better tailor support to members through webcasts ...

Aussie pension pros most confident about valuations

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016

... APAC pension funds plan to increase their exposure to fund of hedge funds in the next three years. A similar proportion plans to invest more in real estate over that time." Unsurprisingly more than half of the APAC respondents saw the challenge of effectively ...

Australasia sees continued Canadian investment

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016

... Australian regional mall and Canadian multi-residential assets following the successful realisation of their respective business plans. The group also disposed of non-strategic office assets in the US. The investment manager's $8.7 billion infrastructure ...

ThinkSmart to de-list from ASX

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016

Listed fintech company ThinkSmart has announced its plans to de-list on the ASX and migrate to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. As part of the move, ThinkSmart has entered an agreement to raise roughly £5 million via undertaking a placement ...

Fee and return disclosures influence retirement choice

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016

... long term average net returns as the most reliable comparison point but are reluctant to use this as a basis for switching plans. "Even when the returns volatility is very low, members do not respond as quickly to recent return out-performance as they ...

Nationals senator not giving up on life insurance investigation

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016

... stories about life insurance companies not paying." Williams added that this also includes issues with default life insurance plans within superannuation: "I have big concerns that we have four or five million Australians with life insurance in their ...

Bennelong appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016

... the past year, the launch of new funds and the acquisition of new boutiques has seen the company grow exponentially with plans well underway to continue on our growth trajectory," Pratt said. "The addition of these three new board members allows Bennelong ...

Morningstar introduces global risk model

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016

... its first global risk model for investors. The risk model is targeted at equity portfolios at the outset, but Morningstar plans to expand to other asset classes in the future. It currently evaluates over 40,000 stocks and 10,000 equity fund portfolios ...

Telstra acquires Blue Sky fund assets

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016

... tremendously exciting. "It's been great to have had Blue Sky's partnership over the past few years, as they have supported our plans and acquisition activity. We now look forward to being an important part of Telstra's innovative software and analytics ...

LGIAsuper and Bravura extend partnership

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016

... LGIAsuper Sonata implementation project will commence later this year for both defined contribution and defined benefit plans.

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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