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Insto investment committees step away from status quo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
QSuper and TCorp believe sequential investment models at large asset owners are past their used-by date and investment committees must be delegating day-to-day investment decisions. The two institutional investors use what is known as the total portfolio ...

The tools to capture quality

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
DNR Capital Australian Equities Income Portfolio manager Scott Kelly recently spoke to Financial Standard about how he determines what qualifies as quality. Kelly begins by explaining the five factors DNR use to determine quality, adding that an additional ...

Industry wants one-stop-shop professional body: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... thought that if I went to an independent financial adviser I wouldn't be subjected to the product flogging associated with the big banks and yet all I'm being flogged is Henderson Maxwell's own products and services...The advice was so poor that I all ...

Macquarie platform, wrap businesses soar

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... products on its platforms were not competitively priced much to the financial disadvantage of customers. ANZ, which was among the big banks and AMP to appear before the Commission, has estimated it will incur about $50 million of legal and miscellaneous ...

Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
After the US-China "my tariffs are broader and bigger than yours" tit-for-tat, it's time for talks to bargain, hassle, negotiate and compromise. It's been nearly a month since America and China have exchanged tariff threats amounting to US$50 billion ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... decent markets is a decent strategy over the long haul, if you can condition them not to be timed to the market - and that's a big if," he says. The CFM IS Trends Trust, Jordan explains, uses long-term trend following as a strategy. The concept itself ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
An overwhelming number of people who work in life insurance believe the industry needs government backing so it can properly regulate. In a survey conducted by DST Systems, a large number of respondents (85%) want to engage with ASIC to strengthen the ...

Royal Commission to drive independent advice market: GlobalData

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Financial planners are likely to ditch the big four and AMP's wealth businesses to set shop alone, as customers move towards independent advice following the Royal Commission, according to GlobalData. Customers will become more discerning in their choice ...

AMP becomes class action target

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
IMF Bentham is the latest firm to finance proposed class action proceedings against AMP in light of evidence at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The litigation funding group said it ...

Financial services giants launch ESG indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... the ESG themes coming through the different areas of the business [such as] our custody business and what we're doing with big data." Among the initiatives with big data, clients want know exactly what's in their portfolio, he said. BlackRock head of ...