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Global fund launches in retail market

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
A global equity fund is now available to retail investors via the Netwealth and HUB24 platform. The Loomis Sayles Global Equity Fund targets financial advisers and direct investors. Investors Mutual Limited (IML) is the responsible entity for the fund ...

Market cap funds disappoint investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
The vast majority of Australian funds failed to outperform respective benchmarks in 2018 and recorded relatively poor performance compared to the prior year. This is according to the latest S&P Dow Jones Indices' SPIVA Australia Scorecard, which showed ...

SMSF darlings revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... BHP trades rose 12% while RIO trades rose 6% - and more than half (57%) of these were buys. The total traded value for the major banks was down 11% in the second half. However, SMSF investors showed a strong buy bias especially for Westpac and NAB. The ...

Financial advisers evolving as wealth managers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
Financial planners are increasingly repositioning themselves as asset allocators instead of stock pickers, according to Investment Trends. The research firm's survey of nearly 1000 financial planners and stockbrokers found about one in four (25%) ...

Perpetual announces Fulbright scholar

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... America. It was founded in 1970 and now has more than 28,000 graduates currently in executive positions in more than 1000 major corporations. Davids said: "I look forward to building a global alliance between INROADS, CareerTrackers and other NGOs across ...

APRA sets sights on 2019 targets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... priorities document this week, the prudential regulator said it would build on the work it began last year, while taking into the major events swirling within the financial services industry. It specifically referenced the Royal Commission, the final ...

Sunsuper introduces advice fee caps

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
Sunsuper has introduced financial advice fee caps to combat unnecessary balance erosion, further ensuring the Sole Purpose Test is met. From this week, the $60 billion industry fund has capped the fees payable to a financial adviser via a clients' ...

Industry super performance moves members: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... were Macquarie and Colonial First State. Other retail funds AMP, Suncorp and MLC were recognised by the researcher as the major super funds with the lowest satisfaction beyond the top 10. Despite KPMG's recent assertion that the Productivity Commission's ...

Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... outlook. A trip down memory lane shows how the Australian dollar's depreciation deflected not one, not two, but three major financial, currency and economic crises in recent history. The A$ absorbed some of the negative shocks from the Asian Crisis ...

CFA Institute settles hiring dispute

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
The CFA Institute has settled with the US Department of Justice over the practice of hiring temporary overseas exam graders. The global association of investment professionals will pay a fine of US$321,000 ($446,768) following an investigation into ...