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Nippon Life says MLC will bolster falling profits

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... the ongoing 80% acquisition of MLC, would "sustainably expand policyholders' benefits through enhancing steady and sustainable operating profit bases of overseas insurance businesses." The statement said that the Australian market "is forecast to realise ...

Four steps up, four steps down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... April. The rise in the exchange rate is unhelpful and further depreciation would be appropriate in order to support sustainable growth." "CPI inflation is below the 1 to 3 percent target range, mainly due to the earlier strength in the New Zealand dollar ...

Zurich launches concentrated global fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... Fund," Stangherlin said. "The core philosophy is that excess returns can be achieved by investing in companies with sustainable, improving fundamentals."

Catholic Super chief addresses climate conference

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... significantly address climate change. To date Catholic Super has invested more than $500 million in "environmentally sustainable client solutions." "For Catholic Super, our investment approach is pragmatic and from the outset is about risk and achieving ...

Retirees should draw on home equity: Productivity Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... considerably cheaper than residential aged care, it is not only what most people want but also potentially more fiscally sustainable for government," Chester said. "We are seeing that residential aged care is increasingly becoming an end-of-life option ...

Advice beats alpha as retirement income source

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... the fund's focus on advice. "Expanding access to advice to members can have a substantial pay-off in terms of higher sustainable retirement incomes," he said. Despite the fact that advice is critical to helping members achieve their retirement goals ...

AIA hybrid program signs 1,000 advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... business by 71% after three years, and 93% by the end of 10 years. "When you consider what is going to deliver long-term sustainable income for the business in future, a hybrid commission structure makes sense," said Affinia adviser Daniel Lane, who ...

Mercer enters new engagement era

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Mercer believes superannuation administration as a record-keeping service is no longer a sustainable business plan and has reshaped its administrative services to "an era of engagement". Launching the Super Genome Project, Mercer has rolled out of a ...

New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... implementation technology has led CFM to the observation that a class of quantitative investment strategies are scalable, sustainable and less prone to decay than others. This scalability has been, for the most part, not priced appropriately by the hedge ...

Cbus appoints former AMP Capital chief

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... chair Steve Bracks said Dunne's "wealth of experience, his strategic understanding and his interest in long-term, sustainable investment will be a great acquisition for the fund." "Cbus has enjoyed a strong 30 year history, providing average annual net ...