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Productivity Commission addresses superannuation lottery

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... them with about 40% less to spend in retirement, the report notes. "Fixing these twin problems of entrenched underperformance and multiple accounts would lift retirement balances for members across the board. Even for a 55-year-old today, the difference ...

ANU to recalibrate divestment policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... relative Australian equities returns in 2017 were driven by outperformance of the energy and resources sectors and underperformance of the banking sector. The ANU Australian equities portfolio is 28% weighted to Australia's top four banks. Just 9% of ...

Blue Sky funds downgraded after profit revisions

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... performance has been "significantly under benchmark and peers," and that "there is a greater-than average risk of underperformance over the medium term." Corporate governance was also cited as a concern. The Blue Sky Alliance Fund - Dynamic Macro Portfolio ...

SMSF home bias drags returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... class weightings to growth assets especially international equities, the research said. On a brighter note, the underperformance of international equities compared to Australian equities in February helped close the gap (See Graph 1). February saw a ...

Royal Commission could lead to credit crunch: UBS

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... which leads to a credit crunch and weaker-than-expected economic outlook. We remain cautious the banks despite underperformance," the report said. UBS suggested even though the Royal Commission's interim findings won't be released until December (with ...

2017 AGMs less tumultuous: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... shareholder input and engagement" was evident as shareholders actively voiced numerous concerns, including company underperformance. Shareholder engagement took a variety of forms, which included private discussions between shareholders and companies ...

Active manager diversity breeds performance: WTW

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... manager line-up." WTW head of Australian equities Leslie Mao conceded that there can be multiple reasons for underperformance, including home equity bias, investors imposing constraints and risk aversion. However, he said, "the most common mistake we ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... as important as having a trusted professional they can rely on for quality advice. But this is no excuse for underperformance either which is one of the drivers behind the growth of index strategies (with the other being that we are still in one of the ...

Contango swaps investment managers following AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... said the decision followed a challenging year for the company "due to less than ideal performance, leading to an underperformance against the Small Ordinaries Benchmark." Carroll added that CTN shareholders have also been subjected to "instability, both ...

Super needs greater oversight from APRA: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... scenarios, provides disciplined monitoring of progress against those plans, and takes prompt corrective action if underperformance is identified, the report said. Financial Standard's spot poll this week asks if advisers are combining digital or robo ...