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Active management culture shifts boardroom discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... actually closer to seven to 10," she said. Geremia said an often forgotten role of active management is to provide liquidity - on top of outperforming respective benchmarks. She adds when asset owners are selecting active managers they should think about ...

Industry fund welcomes new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... new chief executive to lead its next phase of growth. Sydney-based Local Government Super is welcoming David Smith to the top role. He succeeds Peter Lambert, who resigned in April after serving more than 13 years as chief executive at the 90,000 member ...

Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... assets under management for a sovereign fund linked to a pension purpose. Telstra Super was the only corporate fund to make the top 300 this year. Australian funds collectively account for 3.5% of the top 300 funds' assets under management, up marginally ...

US shares dominating other asset classes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... performance of a diversified portfolio of assets in a 30-year context, because "in any given year, any asset class can finish on top. And last year's outperformer can be this year's also-ran." Justifying this further, Vanguard pointed to research conducted ...

Beware creative debt packaging: Robeco

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... Meijers, who was in Sydney recently talking with super funds about fixed income strategies and insights, said Australia from a top-down debt sustainability perspective sits at 'neutral.' The household sector being quite leveraged at 125%, and well above ...

APRA issues warning to underperforming super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... The regulator did not list specific products under review or how many would be affected. To see the Rainmaker SelectingSuper top performing super funds to 31 July 2017, click here. The letter comes on the heels of a similarly stern August letter in which ...

Young Aussies driving sharemarket

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... institutions which understand that a growing number of millennials want to build wealth outside of property and super." The top ten domestic holdings for Gen Z and Gen Y investors largely comprised of the big four, Telstra, A2 Milk Company, Vanguard ...

Rethink the great Australian dream: Report

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
Failure to address housing affordability issues could have long term national implications, with more Australians entering retirement without owning their home and low socioeconomic households forced out of cities, according to CEDA. In its latest report ...

ANZ revamps life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... advisers greater choice, it adds another dimension to providing better individual solutions as not everyone can afford the top-of-the-range products. "We see the adviser's role here as key - they're explaining the pros and cons of this offer and they're ...

Financial services leaders push for marriage equality

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... it is also a sound economic option given, that a happy workforce is a productive one. To remain competitive and to attract top talent globally organisations - and nations - must create a fair and respectful environment for all." A full page advertisement ...