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Crisis emerging in Australian retirement system: HILDA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
The University of Melbourne says the long-term sustainability of Australia's retirement system is under threat from a growing wealth divide across generations. According to the university's latest Housing, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) ...

New executives to drive NGS Super growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
NGS Super will soon welcome two new senior executives including NESS Super's current chief executive. Angie Mastrippolito has been named as the new chief operating officer for the $8 billion industry fund. Mastrippolito has been the chief executive ...

Platform provider grows SMA menu

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
A platform provider has added two new managers to its separately managed accounts menu, offering advisers and their clients access to a greater range of retail managed accounts. The Netwealth menu now includes SMA portfolios from Elston Asset Management ...

BlackRock snares share of robo-adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
The world's largest fund manager is now a minority shareholder in a German-British robo-adviser as a means of further addressing the needs of clients and end-customers. Now holding a significant minority holding in online asset management company Scalable ...

Global real estate investors too nonchalant: Man GPM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Investors will benefit from focusing on defensive strategies within property portfolios as the overall real estate market may be gearing up for a correction. Man Global Private Markets' co-head of real assets Mikko Syrjanen believes there are too many ...

Fees at the innovation frontline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
After a round of fee cuts at Vanguard, Platinum Asset Management and K2 Asset Management, it's clear headline fees are currently front-and-centre in funds management - and research argues there may be different ways to tackle the issue. The latest paper ...

Financial advice cannot be a quick-fix: Stackpool

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Australians are still perplexed by financial advice and its increased accessibility and affordability through technology - and big data isn't helping. Certainty Advice Group believes making financial advice more affordable, accessible and convenient ...

Vamos joins Decimal board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
Digital financial advice software provider Decimal is welcoming former Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Pauline Vamos to its board of directors. Vamos joins as a non-executive director, bringing more than 25 years' financial ...

Global infrastructure need deepens profit opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
Chronic underspending in infrastructure and consistent population growth has resulted in a dire need for investment portfolios to fund the provision of essential services to communities. Speaking at a Bennelong adviser event in Sydney last week, 4D ...

Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget missed the mark in setting superannuation policies right, proving they cannot be trusted with more than $2.1 trillion in assets, according to the Federal Opposition. Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen and Shadow Revenue and ...