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Advice group research head departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
The head of research at a major financial advice group has jumped ship, and is set to head up investments in AMP's superannuation trustee office. Miriam Herold is leaving Centrepoint Alliance, as the advice group's research leadership is re-shuffled ...

Future Fund not buying the oil dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... exposed through the value chain effects of volatile or should we say low oil prices," Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said.

Investment approaches in change phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... whether TPA has led to stronger performance across the board, but what they're seeing now certainly backs up the research. The Thinking Institute research found that half of the funds in its study thought that TPA would produce a performance advantage ...

Financial services boards overpaid: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Australia's financial services companies are the seventh largest group of companies listed within the ASX100 by market capitalisation, yet their directors are among the most handsomely rewarded. A new report released by Apollo Communications reveals ...

Best MySuper products revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... within the not for profit sector industry funds hold 73% of the assets. MySuper assets grew by 20% in 2019. The Rainmaker research found that SRM had an inconsistent correlation with returns, and was a poor indicator of what a product would return. When ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... industry-large-cap equity managers failing to consistently deliver returns above the index, but still charging high annual fees," the research house explained. "While 23 active fund managers in Morningstar's coverage universe outperformed the index ...

Platinum funds downgraded at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... split as 70% to Andrew Clifford and 30% to Clay Smolinski, according to the note. "While we still applaud the analyst research overall, they have slipped from being one of the best global equity teams in our view," the note said.

Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... been more acute as investor redemptions compound the effects of market downgrades and reduced asset bases." Separate research from Cerulli Associates said in the US, investors pulled approximately US $320 billion from mutual funds and ETFs during March ...

CBA sells CommSec Adviser Services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... Bank has entered into an agreement to sell AUSIEX, which trades as CommSec Adviser Services, to a Japanese firm. Nomura Research Institute, a Japanese technology solutions and business consulting firm, has entered into an $85 million in cash sale agreement ...

Australians hate complexity, not annuities: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
New research from Melbourne Business School Orford Initiative has found there is more demand for annuity products than the industry or government previously believed. However, that demand is being stifled by a lack of understanding among consumers on ...