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Compliance absorbs half of platforms' development budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Platforms are spending almost half of their development budget on regulatory compliance, the Investment Trends 2013 Platform Report found. The research covered 454 key characteristics of 13 platform providers and found that spending on developing new ...

Advisers show overwhelming support for ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
A recent State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) seminar has revealed that Australian financial planners overwhelmingly support the use of exchange traded funds. A survey of attendees at SSgA's "Strategies for Accessing International Investment Opportunities" ...

Insurance industry still behind on big data usage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The insurance industry is still behind when it comes to accessing and using customer data to predict consumer behaviour and design personalised products. Bravura Solutions and the Financial Services Council (FSC) conducted a poll on the life insurance ...

Margin lending through advisers shrank in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
Margin lending loans sold through financial advisers shrank in 2013 by 7%, while the broker channel is poised for growth over the next 12 months. The Investment Trends December 2013 Margin Lending Broker Report found that the margin lending industry ...

AXA IM includes ESG in smart beta offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has developed a smart beta investment option that includes environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. The ESG version of AXA IM's SmartBeta solution will be presented to institutional investors as an alternative ...

China's art of currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... the same "sanctions" on 11 - seven Russians and four Ukrainians. The sanctions got Vlad so bloody scared that, according to USA Today, "The Crimea moved one step closer to joining Russia Monday as its parliament formally requested Moscow annex the area ...

Super social media yet to excite members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Social media usage by super funds generates much more excitement among the funds themselves than it does among its members, reveals research by Rainmaker. The research company reached this conclusion following a survey of social media activity among ...

Pension funds eye alternative credit strategies amid interest rate uncertainty

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

Indonesia VP attends Melb investor forum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... their economy, currently valued at A$960 billion, could eclipse Australia's economy within the next decade. "With the UK, USA, Singapore, Japan and Korea the top five foreign investors it's only a matter of time before Australian investors get on board ...

Mohammad goes to mountain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013