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Super funds must ramp cyber protections

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
An alleged cyber attack on the Australian Bureau of Meteorology this week reaffirms the vital importance of chief information officers and stringent security systems at superannuation funds. Two financial services consulting firms released reports in ...

UBS small cap SIV fund gets Zenith tick

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
The UBS Australian Small Companies SIV Fund has been given a 'recommended' rating by Zenith Investment Partners. The fund was launched into the Australian marketplace in September 2015 and is designed to meet the SIV emerging companies criteria. It ...

Pinebridge absolute return fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... said. "As we move into what is widely expected to be a lower return, higher risk investment environment, we believe an active and dynamic asset allocation process that has the ability to invest in a broad set of assets, will be best placed to meet investors' ...

HNW advice group faces licence conditions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... It provides execution and settlement services, as well as personal and general financial advice services, to over 60,000 active clients. As of November 2015 it had approximately 500 authorised representatives.

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... come as no surprise to you, I and Irene. We've been warned... way back in January, "If necessary, it will therefore remain active in the foreign exchange market to influence monetary conditions". The SNB has every reason to intervene for despite negative ...

Bennelong blends active, passive in equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... Australian Equity Partners has launched a fund that gives retail investors exposure to Australian equities by blending active and passive management. The Bennelong Twenty20 Australian Equities Fund invests passively in the top 20 stocks of the ASX using ...

Telstra Super CIO to leave fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... for 12 and half years before joining Telstra Super in January 2010. When he left he was managing director of the firm's active management division. QIC said Christensen's appointment has been "part of a planned succession process that sees Adriaan Ryder ...

Vision Super calling all low balance members

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Vision Super is contacting members with low and inactive balances in a bid to keep their accounts active. The customer retention program is aiming to steer member funds away from the administration of the Australian Tax Office (ATO) and consolidate ...

Man Diversified Alternatives recommended by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Zenith Investment partners has reaffirmed its 'recommended' rating for the Man Diversified Alternatives fund with it ranking highest among its peer group in the researcher's 2015 Multi Strategy and Fund of Hedge Funds Sector Report. Man Group is one ...

New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... beta return sources that can be harvested cheaply. Furthermore, alternative beta strategies ask questions of traditional active hedge fund managers. They must now prove their worth by generating truly uncorrelated alpha.