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AMP Capital partners to launch first active infra ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... Fund), along with the AMP Capital Global Property Securities Fund (Unhedged) (Managed Fund). The partnership will extend to a third fund, the AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund (Hedge Fund) in the next few weeks. The new managed ETFs use the same investment ...

Group insurers at mercy of a handful of super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
The role of superannuation funds as a distribution mechanism for life and income protection insurance continues to grow in the Australian market, according to new analysis by Rainmaker, which says the dominance of a few funds as gatekeepers could leave ...

BetaShares launches model portfolio service for advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... dynamically adjusts asset class weightings based on current valuations as well as economic and financial market trends. The third part of the offering is a model portfolio service - a fully implemented portfolio of exchange traded funds for both the ...

Dion Global targets IRESS market share with new platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... numbers of retail investors who take pride in managing their own trades and don't want to hand over responsibility to a third party. "Until now they haven't had appropriately sophisticated tools to optimise this process," he said. Advisers and brokers ...

UK pensions not fussed about in-housing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... their investment capabilities, the UK pensions industry remains fairly comfortable farming out management of its assets to third-party managers. That's the main takeaway from a new survey by Cerulli Associates in conjunction with Professional Pensions ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... unchanged from the previous month and slightly better than market expectations for a reading of 50. The May reading marked the third straight month that the index had been just above the 50 expansion/contraction mark, suggesting some stability in large ...

SMSF accountants seek investment product knowledge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
SMSF accountants say their understanding of investment products is low and are calling on fund managers and brokers to service them with further education and support tools. This is one of several key findings in a survey of more than 1100 SMSF accountants ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... month indicates a pick-up in coming months. Australian building approvals increased by 3.0% in the month of April - the third straight monthly increase - to 20,243 units - the highest since October last year. This compares with market expectations for ...

Self-employed missing super savings

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... services, transport, postal and warehouses. Women who are self-employed have superannuation balances that are around one-third lower than both female employees and males who are self-employed. Women (60-64) who are self-employed have $85,000 in their ...

US Senate votes down adviser fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
The US Senate recently voted down the Department of Labor's administration rule for financial advisers that would have compelled them to act in their clients' best interests. The law was passed 65-41 meaning it fell well short of the two thirds majority ...