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Australia's best risk-adjusted MySuper option revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... three-year returns in default superannuation products but if risk measures are taken into account, another industry fund takes the top spot, according to new Rainmaker research. HESTA emerged as Australia's best risk-adjusted MySuper product over ...

Frontier veteran to depart

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... the senior leadership team, not the board) and built a global profile in institutional investments. She was named among the top 25 asset consultants around the world by CIO Magazine multiple times, starting in 2013. Her last day at Frontier will be December ...

NAB builds banking team, cuts fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... clean-up program. NAB plans remove legal fees for business lending customers, repeat statement fees and extra fees applied on top of the conversion rate for foreign currency issuing. NAB chief customer officer Rachel Slade said the move was part of the ...

UK insurer fined for annuity sales failings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... ahead of ensuring fair customer outcomes. "Call handlers were incentivised by the possibility of earning an additional 37% on top of their base salary and winning prizes such as spa breaks or weekend holidays," the FCA said. Prudential did not dispute ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... followed by Switzerland, Norway and Ireland with New Zealand in fifth place. Sweden, Denmark, Canada and Luxembourg round out the top 10. The United Kingdom and United States are ranked 17th and 18th in the world respectively. Retirees in the Czech Republic ...

Spotlight on super welcomed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... foundation Australian's already enjoyed through the super system. "Our superannuation system is consistently ranked as one of the top systems globally in terms of sustainability, adequacy and integrity," McCrea said. "Australians rightly aspire to a ...

Aussie active managers underperform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... When it comes to risk, in active core products 60% had higher volatility than the benchmark and in high performance 85% did. Top active core products for risk/return included the Macquarie Australian Shares Fund with a 16.6% pa return. In active core ...

Evidence of "pay to play" in US pension consulting

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
Top staff at investment advisory firms may have used political contributions to win mandates from public pension funds in the United States until 2011, a new research paper found. Pay to Play in Investment Management, a paper published by William Beggs ...

Morgans snaps up CommSec Advisory business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... revelations from the Royal Commission. Westpac announced earlier this year it was departing the personal advice sector with two top executives leaving the business, while NAB and MLC are preparing to part ways by the end of the 2020 financial year.

Growing uncertainty sees more advisers outsourcing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... to passive strategies - in 2018 just 19% was considered an appropriate allocation to index tracking. Diversification is the top priority for advisers when selecting investments, with 65% saying it's their most important consideration, and low cost products ...