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The problem the Productivity Commission is trying to fix

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
Australia's superannuation sector in trying to digest the Productivity Commission's 700-page report with its 31 recommendations need to keep in mind the massive structural problems it is trying to fix. The fundamental problem that has perplexed ...

Regulators in Productivity Commission firing line

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
ASIC and APRA both scored scathing assessments in the Productivity Commission's superannuation report. The regulators sharing responsibility for the oversight of Australia's finance system copped a grilling in the Commission's final report ...

Joint venture to set new ETF standard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
The world's largest ETF manager and Canada's largest asset manager are looking to transform the Canadian ETF market through a new strategic alliance. BlackRock and RBC Global Asset Management announced a partnership that will deliver the most comprehensive ...

Pension fund giant mandates Fidelity

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... launched its first ETF and dropped the fees on two of its funds. It does not offer purely passive strategies for institutional investors in Australia. Fidelity manages nearly $420 billion globally.

Morningstar names best performing funds in 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
Boutiques dominated Morningstar's list of best performing investment strategies for Aussie institutional investors, outstripping the median managers in their asset classes. Platypus, ECPAM and Hyperion were the best performing Australian shares strategies ...

BlackRock and Microsoft develop retirement platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
BlackRock will partner with the global technology giant to develop a new retirement platform. Noting the responsibility for retirement planning now rests with millions of Americans, Microsoft has partnered with BlackRock, and the two global giants intend ...

FASEA reforms see ASIC register swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... A shift is also expected to occur in regards to which AFSL advisers are licensed under, with the move away from institutional licensees continuing steadily and likely to hasten as big player exit wealth management. It has been widely reported this week ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
Over the Christmas break, MetLife Australia's tech team took home an international award for its claims platform launched to Statewide Super's members last year. MetLife chief information officer Tim Batten's team snagged a spot on ACORD's ...

AXA IM backs Japanese logistics

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
A sovereign wealth fund and an Asia Pacific real estate developer have teamed with AXA Investment Managers' real assets division to create a Japanese logistics business. The joint venture is being established through the purchase of six logistics assets ...

Private markets attractive for global institutions: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
Latest research from BlackRock shows global institutional investors are turning to private markets. The research - which represents more than USD$7 trillion in investable assets - shows more than half of the 230 institutional clients surveyed intend ...