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Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
The hits keep coming for Australia's life insurance industry, with new data showing total risk premiums inflows dropped by more than $790 million in the 12 months to September 2019, as major players endured another tough year. Australia's life insurance ...

PIMCO a hit with Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
PIMCO has emerged as the manager that won the most institutional money in Australia for the year ending September, according to data from more than 5000 mandates compiled by Rainmaker Information. The global manager raised $3.7 billion -- most of it ...

Super fund lowers MySuper fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
A $6 billion superannuation fund has lowered fees for its balanced MySuper option. TWUSuper's default members will go from paying $808 per year in total fees to $758 per year for every $50,000 in balance, after changes that came into effect on 1 ...

Best performing global equities strategies

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
Magellan has the stronghold on 10-year returns but a small Sydney boutique has quietly taken the lead on one-year basis with 31% returns to October end in the latest Morningstar institutional survey. Magellan is the undisputed best performer on a 10-year ...

ASIC suspends Melbourne-based AFSL

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
ASIC has suspended the AFSL of Melbourne-based financial services provider Australian Golden Securities until May 2020. ASIC said the licence has been suspended over concerns the company is not meeting its obligations as an AFS licensee. The regulator ...

Super funds to crack 13% by year end, retail leading

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
Superannuation funds are on their way to deliver 13% for the calendar year, and so far retail funds are outstripping industry funds' MySuper returns by 1.8%. The MySuper Index from SelectingSuper returned 10.9% for the 12 months to October end ...

Chief economist update: Australian economy gently turning which way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
Australia's economic growth accelerated to 1.7% in the year to the September quarter from 1.6% in the June quarter, justifying Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe's oft-repeated claim that, "the Australian economy appears to ...

Fee cuts at super fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
A retail superannuation fund has dropped the investment fees on three options by 10 bps to 19 bps, with its chair saying the cuts will help it be more competitive. Australian Ethical will now charge 40 basis points instead of the prior 50 bps per year ...

AMP extends adviser deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... given notice by the wealth giant. Meanwhile, the AMPFPA has confirmed action against AMP will likely be filed before year end. Following on from AMP's decision earlier this year to restructure its advice business and slash Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) ...

Firetrail fund gets Morningstar rating

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
Firetrail's Australian High Conviction Fund has earned a bronze rating from Morningstar after underperforming the benchmark by 11.7% in the year to September end. The fund holds a concentrated portfolio of Australian stocks and is managed by former ...