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Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
Superannuation funds with significant levels of female leadership again outperformed funds dominated by men, and have increased their likelihood of doing so, Rainmaker research reveals. Rainmaker assessed 66 super funds to derive a W-index score and ...

Time to move beyond "cheap and generic" retirement products: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Milliman practice leader Wade Matterson thinks the Australian wealth industry should be called to account for creating a raft of "very cheap, generic retirement income products based on a lot of averages." Matterson explained that Milliman analyses ...

Advisers reckoning with direct risk sales growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Life insurance products sold directly to consumers are gaining prevalence over an area historically dominated by financial advisers and dealer groups, Strategic Insight's latest statistics show. The researcher found that in the decade to 2017, risk ...

Macrovue bets on 5G technology

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
Macrovue's latest offering in thematic investments will give investors exposure to 10 "high-conviction" 5G stocks spread across the world. "5G is a huge investment opportunity because we are going to see a huge structural change all across the world ...

AXA inks $20 billion deal, pivots insurance business strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
AXA is adjusting the focus of its global insurance business, beginning with the $20 billion acquisition of a global property and casualty commercial lines insurer. It's a move away from its dominant life business. AXA has entered into an agreement to ...

Acorns launches its own super product

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
The Australian arm of micro-investment savings app Acorns is entering the superannuation sector with the launch of its own super product. Acorns Grow Australia Super is expected to roll out to Acorns Australia's 400,000 users in March. It will be fully ...

Crypto assets rewrite estate planning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
Complex cryptocurrency assets are driving financial advisers to reconsider their clients' digital lives and the impact this has on estate planning. Australian Unity Trustees national manager, estate planning, Anna Hacker describes cryptocurrency as ...

NPP to take super by storm: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
Research from CBA and KPMG Australia shows the New Payments Platform (NPP) can save the superannuation industry time and millions of dollars each year. Launched in February, the NPP is able to settle transactions in real-time. The time it takes to top ...

LGIAsuper bolsters infrastructure investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
LGIAsuper is ramping up its stake in infrastructure investments, adding a regional port to its portfolio. LGIAsuper increased its interest in the Port of Portland to 31%, a deep-water facility located between Melbourne and Adelaide. One of its investment ...

Industry fund takes aim at asset manager diversity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
A $43 billion super fund is reviewing 70 of its local and offshore asset managers to determine where they stand on workplace gender diversity. The reason for this, HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey explained, is the fund is "committed to gender equality ...