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Smart beta here to stay, research confirms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
Smart beta is present in over half of the world's portfolios, with professional investors increasingly combining multiple smart beta strategies, new global research found. The FTSE Russell Smart Beta: 2015 Global Survey Findings from Asset Owners survey ...

Risk management top worry for asset owners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
Risk management becoming more complex is seen as the biggest challenge among global asset owners over the next 12 months according to recent data published by BNP Paribas Securities Services. A risk survey of 177 asset owners from 19 countries, including ...

ACCC approves Federations Centres and Novion merger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... of one shopping centre that was required as a condition of the merger, they will still own 91 and be the second largest owner of shopping centres in the country. A statement issued in February when the proposed merger was announced said: "The merged ...

AIA launches business life insurance benefit

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
Business owners are able to increase their life insurance without providing evidence of health via a new product recently launched by AIA Australia. The life insurer's new Business Safeguard Forward Underwriting Benefit (FUB) will allow business owners ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
The big banks and BHP Billiton have dragged the share market lower. Investors are being cautious around high yield stocks including the big four banks, Telstra and supermarket owners Wesfarmers and Woolworths, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... a trial of one of its sleep disorder therapies found it increased the risk of heart attacks. Shares in IGA supermarkets owner Metcash were up 11.5 cents, or almost 9%, at $1.40 after it announced that it was considering spinning off its automotive division ...

ASIC seeks more bans in SMSF advice crackdown

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
ASIC is seeking banning orders ranging from 7.5 years to permanent for individuals participating in providing unlicensed advice to SMSF investors. The regulator has provided submissions to the Federal Court, specifically mentioning property developer ...

Barrett in buyout mode, acquires CBA firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Former ANZ advice director Paul Barrett has acquired Commonwealth Bank-owned Eureka Whittaker Macnaught through his financial planning business AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA). This is the group's first acquisition, but Barrett confirmed that it ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... assets under management have risen six per cent. AMP, Rio Tinto, Caltex Australia, and Westfield's Australian shopping centre owner Scentre Group are holding annual general meetings on Thursday.A

Morrison protects homes from Age Pension means test

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
Federal Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that the family home will never be included in the Age Pension means test under a Coalition government. At the same time, a raft of pension reforms potentially saving $2.4 billion in the ...