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The rise of the robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... portfolio recommendation and rebalancing tools. "Planners see robo-advice assisting across the entire advice delivery spectrum, from the front to the back office," Peker said. When asked how automated advice tools can benefit their business, financial ...

Omega appoints former Northward director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... witnessing a fundamental shift by investors towards the risk-managed, outcomes focused end of the investment management spectrum. "John's background in this space dovetails perfectly for Omega, its existing capability and its ambitions as the pre-eminent ...

AMP and Zenith portfolios add global bond fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... constraints around duration and sector positioning. "Payden's unconstrained approach enables the fund to invest in the full spectrum of fixed income assets, of both long and short duration, providing a large degree of flexibility. As markets change ...

SelectingSuper announces super fund of the year

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... for its standout performance in delivering value to members, underpinned by top tier investment performance across the spectrum of its options and services for members. Rainmaker said the recognition is "accompanied by strong member engagement, particularly ...

EM equities beating global indices: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... widely-used indices; he therefore advocated EM strategies with "the flexibility to go anywhere across the market-cap spectrum." "While most emerging market large-caps have shown strong performance, we believe that much of their performance is cyclical. ...

Australian funds rank well on ESG

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... generally performed well, Lonsec said very few funds were able to achieve the highest ESG ranking. At the other end of the spectrum, 21% of funds were rated 'low'. "Australian equity funds certainly look to be adopting ESG assessment into the investment ...

Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... order to meet their objectives. "Clients will come in," she continues, "and they'll have needs and goals across a whole spectrum, but that all tends to get condensed down to a single risk profile, and then the adviser works out what investment portfolio ...

Under reporting of super fees harming investors: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... consider taking appropriate enforcement action." Superannuation disclosure requirements have re-entered the political spectrum following the federal election and industry bodies have been lobbying the government for further action, as reported by Financial ...

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... failures to provide required disclosures to members in time," ASIC's submission says. In the past two years the political spectrum has afforded ASIC an ability to ramp its work on disclosure. From 1 February 2017, super funds must disclose indirect costs ...

FIIG bolsters managed bonds service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... senior debt-focused Core Income Investment Program, the Income Plus Investment Program that invests across the credit spectrum and the Inflation Linked Income Investment Program that concentrates on bonds that are highly correlated to monitor the rate ...