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PC puts spotlight on lifecycle super products

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... taking into account members' thoughts, activities and behavioural responses, which is then layered against academic research. This is combined to get a sense of members' risk tolerance, Holzberger said. QSuper launched its first lifecycle product ...

FPEC chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... responsible for launching the Financial Planning Research Journal and establishing a research grant to foster academic research in financial planning. "In this volunteer role, Mark has guided the development of a world leading university curriculum for ...

Cultural bias heavily discounts female artwork

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... Art buyers and investors pay female artists up to 50% less for their work compared to men on average, latest academic research has found. A study of more than a million art auction sales across 40 years found a 47.6% price gap between male and female ...

China A-shares ETFs launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... world's first fundamental multi-factor China A-shares ETFs is exciting. "These strategies are based on robust academic research into China factor performance and are the first to capture the nuances of mainstream and new economy Mainland markets instead ...

Factor investing must be long-term: Vanguard

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... active equity strategies, which rely on company-specific research, factor-based investing uses rules based on academic research to screen for securities which display certain characteristics, Pappas said. He said rules-based active funds offered investors ...

NAB pushes planning career path

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... of Australia's financial planning industry through a new university scholarship program and a commitment to academic research funding. Four Australian universities will participate in the NAB Future Planners Scholarship program, assisting NAB Financial ...

Multi-factor investing applies to credit too: Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... return. Explained simply, factor investing is a quantitative strategy providing exposures to risk premia which academic research has shown to have persistently outperformed over the long term. These factors include low-risk, value, momentum, low volatility ...

New robo-advice business launches

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... both institutional and retail investors, has launched today. The platform uses algorithms based on 60 years of academic research to create portfolios that equal the performance and sophistication of those in use at global fund managers The company says ...

Tempo gets Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... its first rating from Lonsec for its Global Equity Fund. Lonsec cited Tempo's strategy as "heavily grounded in academic research, and Lonsec considers the investment team to have a strong pedigree in translating academic research into investable portfolios." ...

Griffith, FPA launch academic advice journal

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... publish an academic journal dedicated to financial planning. The Financial Planning Research Journal will publish academic research around financial advice and it is aimed at academics and industry practitioners. The journal will be published online ...