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SMSF changes unlikely to mushroom new funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... question if housing more assets in SMSFs is beneficial, Thorp said it warrants "close consideration" because academic research shows SMSF members: tend to be over-confident in their abilities, over-optimistic of their funds' performance, don't ...

VGI Partners co-founder steps down from board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
Former VGI Partners co-founder and head of research has resigned from the board on a technicality. Douglas Tynan resigned from his executive position at VGI Partners in June and signaled his intention to stay on the board and remain an investor in the ...

More clarity on life insurance best interest duty needed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
An Actuaries Institute Taskforce has made sweeping recommendations for broad changes to Australia's retail disability income insurance market, including providing examples of Best Interest Duty in life insurance. The report said ASIC included in ...

ASIC wealth director nabs promotion

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
The corporate watchdog's executive director of wealth management has nabbed a promotion and will now assume the role of ASIC's executive director of financial services. Joanna Bird has been appointed in the role after many years with the regulator and ...

Many who accessed ERS unsure of impact: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
New research has identified that urgent short-term need for money is the main driver for people withdrawing their superannuation savings under the COVID-19 ERS scheme. The study, conducted by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Aging Research ...

Masterfund assets decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... comprises mutual funds on wraps, platforms and master trusts, reached $824.3 billion for the period, according to actuary and research firm, recovering from the corrections triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. On a year-on-year basis this equates to ...

Male-pack mentality holds back boards

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... potential to positively influence companies' corporate social responsibility initiatives and governance. This is based on research from the University of South Australia, which looked at a sample of large ASX-listed firms, and found that many boards ...

Lifespan adds MDAs to BT Panorama

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... grow rapidly as it expands the availability. It uses Mercer as the asset consultant, which provides input to Lifespan's research and investments. Managed accounts grew to $79.71 billion in total assets at June 2020, rising $420 million from December ...

Robo advice solution set to launch

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... increasing disparity in ethical beliefs. "Offering individual filters for each ethical consideration is important because our research shows that reducing an investment universe by more than 5% begins to exponentially affect performance," Klassen said. ...

Index manager, friend charged for insider trading

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... summary of allegations filed with a US court but said it was a New York corporation and provided ratings, benchmarks, research and analytics to capital and commodity markets worldwide. The SEC charged Yang and Chen with violating the antifraud provisions ...