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Cost cuts put research at risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... and competitive pressures will drive wealth groups to keep pruning their research capabilities, driving clients to source third-party solutions or reduce the role of research altogether. Research insiders believe treating in-house research functions ...

Super funds clash on board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... legislation proposing all Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regulated super funds have a minimum of one-third independent directors on their trustee board and an independent chair. The reform, open for public comment until July 23, suggests ...

Fedcident waiting to happen?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... in the "emergency summit" room continue to disagree to agree. Yes Virginia, the Greeks and the troika have exhausted the third of the three scheduled talks this week and still... nada, nil, zilch. Still, financial markets remain relatively calm. The ...

Industry super warns against uniform laws

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... funds are governed. The changes would ensure corporate, industry, public sector and retail super funds have a minimum one-third independent directors on their trustee boards and an independent chair. The new governance rules would not apply to self-managed ...

Industry moves away from upfront commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... effective. The debate over insurance advice remuneration models was prompted by an ASIC report that revealed that over one third of risk advisers were not compliant.

Infrastructure returns beat equities, bonds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Global infrastructure returns outperformed bonds and equities in the year to Q1 2015. This is based on MSCI's Global Quarterly Infrastructure Asset Index, which shows global infrastructure returned 18.1%. This compares favourably to MSCI's global indices ...

Australians ill prepared for financial future

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Australians are potentially being complacent about their finances with little or no plans in place now and for the future, according to the latest survey data from CUA. More than half of the 1,061 Australians surveyed said they had no financial plans ...

Animal spirits may be playing with fire

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... about 3% of global AUM and superannuation funds and funds of life insurance corporations accounted for about 70% of AUM. A third paper, Potential Growth and Rebalancing in China, suggests much of China's recent slowing is probably structural rather than ...

Australia lagging in Asia-Pacific financial relationships

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... Asia-Pacific region represents about two-thirds of Australia's global trading relationships, the region accounts for less than one-third of Australia's financial relationships. This is one of the findings in a Finsia-sponsored report by the Australian ...

China's surging funds management market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
The surging Chinese stock market is retilting the balance of the global funds management market towards China much faster than anticipated. The Chinese stock market is expected to climb to US$10 trillion by the end of this year, driven by huge rises ...