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Modest rise in retirement living costs: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
Retirees will welcome a modest rise in cost of living during the September quarter but retirement savings balances are still below par in order to live a comfortable lifestyle. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) released its ...

Nikko returns global equities to overweight stance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
Nikko Asset Management's global investment committee (GIC) has lifted its stance on global equities to moderately overweight from neutral, citing healthy economic growth prospects in the United States. The Tokyo-based company's investment committee ...

Nippon Life says MLC will bolster falling profits

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
Japanese life insurer Nippon Life has reported an 8% drop in ordinary profit to $2.9 billion in the six months to September 30, 2015. Nippon Life's statement attributed this to the Japanese economy "gradually [declining] due to concerns about the Chinese ...

SMSF capability added to BT Panorama

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
BT is ready with the first phase of its new SMSF offering, which offers access to all the investments on the BT Panorama platform. Launching in early 2016, the new solution allows advisers, accountants and their clients to collaborate on the establishment ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
What's the time Mr. Wolf? It's crunch time... the time when the US Federal Reserve walks its talk. Come the 16th of December, America's central bank begins its quest to return monetary policy back to normal - exactly seven years to the day when it first ...

Lazard global equity fund receives first rating

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
A Lazard Asset Management global equity fund has received a "recommended" rating from independent research house Zenith Investment Partners after its inaugural review. The Lazard Global Equity Franchise Fund, since its inception in October 2013, has ...

IOOF $20bn custody review selects BNP

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
IOOF has selected BNP Paribas Securities Services after consolidating its custodians from three to one. BNP will now provide custody, master custody, middle-office and compliance services for IOOF; previously, these responsibilities were also distributed ...

Most global equities managers outperformed in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
A majority of actively managed global equity funds outperformed the MSCI World Index for the year ending 30 September 2015, Zenith Investment Partners research shows. A total of 55% of funds on Zenith's Approved List outperformed the benchmark, which ...

Individual risk income premiums top $2.4bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
Individual risk income premium inflows increased 5.5% to more than $2.4 billion in the year to September 2015 according to the latest Plan For Life data. BT/Westpac led the overall percentage growth, recording a 16.7% increase in risk income inflows ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
We all know the saying, "it ain't over till the fat lady sings", well, last night... she did. Read her lips and hear her sonata: "Were the FOMC to delay the start of policy normalization for too long, we would likely end up having to tighten policy ...