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mFund to expand product offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
ASIC is in the final stages of making a greater range of managed investment products available via the mFund Settlement Service. Until now retail investors could only apply for and redeem interests in simple managed investment schemes with a shorter ...

Concentrated funds outperform diversified

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
International equities funds with a concentrated approach have outperformed their diversified counterparts, according to Zenith Investment Partners' latest international shares sector review. The review found that 70% of concentrated funds, or funds ...

Infrastructure investment at risk from default super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
Industry Super Australia deputy chair John Brumby says changing the default superannuation system would pose threats to super fund inflows and lessen the opportunity to invest in nation building infrastructure. Speaking at The Superannuation Opportunity ...

Insurance reforms get member support

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
AFA members have given their approval to the proposed reforms to the life risk industry, after a motion calling for removal of support of the Life Insurance Framework received little support in a vote. The special resolution fell well short of the votes ...

Fund managers must offer genuine partnerships

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Pricing too aggressively and paying nothing more than lip service to the notion that your clients are your partners is a slow route to profitability, according to GQG Partners chairman and chief investment officer Rajiv Jain. The global equities portfolio ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
"Do you remember twenty-first night of September? Before you go cold like December And all you saw were cloudy days..." - September Gospel musician Kirk Franklin's reprisal of 'Earth, Wind & Fire's' classic September could become a hit come the "twenty-first ...

Insurers face significant asset risk charges from downgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
Life and general insurers face the risk of higher asset charges if a sovereign downgrade occurs, according to senior portfolio manager- fixed income at Nikko Asset Management, Darren Langer. In July Standard and Poor's Global Ratings (S&P) revised the ...

MySuper insurance widely misunderstood

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
A lack of understanding around aspects of insurance within MySuper could lead to big problems down the track, according to a panel discussion at the recent Workplace Super Specialists Australia (WSSA) annual conference. During a panel session entitled ...

Parliament goes to war on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Superannuation policy is headlined as one of the federal government's first tests when parliament resumes next week, following opposition plans to amend some of the biggest changes to super in a decade. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten wants the $500,000 ...

Read the data not the Fed's lips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Yes, no, maybe, I don't know. Sit down, buckle up and hang on Virginia for we're heading into the 'Hole' - Jackson Hole, that is. There'll be to-ing and fro-ing aplenty leading up to Janet's homily at 'The Hole' this coming Thursday and Friday and perhaps ...