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Super funds see hybrid opportunity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
Superannuation funds and asset consultants want hybrid longevity risk products on the market, according to a PIMCO research paper, in an effort to keep super members and address issues of ageing populations. Research paper, Addressing Longevity Risk ...

Mercer plans for post FOFA advice dominance

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... bank-aligned advisers, with clients ranging from the mass affluent to high net wealth. This is going head to head with asset consultants and Australian research houses, but Brain Long, Mercer's head of wealth management in Australia and New Zealand ...

Short-termism crippling wealth management

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... assessed the current behaviour of key industry agents, including corporate management, active fund managers, asset consultants, super fund trustees and 'mum and dad' investors, concluding the approach is widespread across the industry. "Fixing this issue ...

Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... (ASFA). ASFA and the Financial Services Council (FSC) worked closely with a broad range of representatives from asset consultants and industry and retail super funds to create the measure, designed to help consumers make better informed decisions. "People ...

JB Global submits to independent review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... said in a release. The corporate regulator has made no secret of the fact that it is now pursuing advisers, asset consultants, ratings houses and any organisation it considers to be a gatekeeper to the financial system in an effort to raise standards. ...

Solaris responds to super demands on ESG policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... investment committee, with the key responsibility of developing that engagement policy with investment managers and asset consultants. "We just want our approach to ESG issues to be part of what each of our investment oversight team does, part of what ...

FTSE sees rising demand for after tax index

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... The FTSE ASFA Australia Index Series was designed with the help of a committee of fund managers, super funds, asset consultants and tax specialists. FTSE and ASFA are also considering index-linked products, such as ETFs, structured products and derivatives ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... opportunities without the embedded index risks. Peebles questioned the validity of sticking with benchmarks, urging asset consultants, investors and the like to begin embracing benchmark unaware fixed income products to avoid be caught out by benchmarks ...

Unfixed future for fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... opportunities without the embedded index risks. Peebles questioned the validity of sticking with benchmarks, urging asset consultants, investors and the like to begin embracing benchmark unaware fixed income products to avoid be caught out by benchmarks ...

Super mergers drive new trends in asset consulting

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Rising M&A activity in superannuation is forcing asset consultants to lift their game or risk being edged out by their rivals - and the leading players are future-proofing their business through bigger investment teams and sharpened investment models. ...