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Fee pressure turns super funds to smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... these [smart beta strategies]." Pidgeon said that some are "looking to consolidate their relationships with managers across active and passive" in a bid to have "less fund managers and lower fees." HSBC Global Asset Management deputy chief investment ...

Crowe Horwath progressing growth ambitions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... we'll wait and see how that progresses," he said. "The corporate finance side is still growing rapidly and is a lot more active than it was two years ago. There is so much more opportunity to provide advice to our clients."

State Street boosts managed fund sales team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... its traditional institutional client offering and ETF sales to include managed fund sales focussed on the distribution of active solutions in the advisory market. "The move has been a great success in terms of the client relationships we have developed ...

Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Divestment out of companies that are heavily involved in carbon intensive activities could reach $50 billion over the next five years. Fiona Reynolds, managing director of the global investor group, Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), stated ...

New guide teaches social media best practice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... And whilst LinkedIn is the platform of choice for advisers - with 60% using it for business purposes - one in eight are active on Twitter and one in five are posting content to YouTube.

ASX builds fund supermarket

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) openly says one of its strategic priorities is to continue to build out an investment supermarket. Already among the supermarket aisles are about 380 fund products with more than $200 billion in market capitalisation ...

FSC awards industry execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... contributions have been exceptional compared with those of other individuals working on similar projects. Awards also value active participation in FSC board committees, working groups, expert groups and special projects. The FSC also awarded AMP director ...

Magellan launches hedged global equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Magellan Financial Group has listed a currency hedged version of its Global Equities Fund, which has grown to over $257 million in five months. The Magellan Global Equities Fund (Currency Hedged) is set to start trading on the Australian Securities ...

Most members actively choose MySuper: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
A study by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) shows about two-thirds of default superannuation members are actively choosing to enter a deafult option. From the study 'Delegation, trust and defaulting in retirement savings: Perspectives ...

FEATURE: Custody under review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... managers. Darren Snyder explores the trillion-dollar industry. The $2.6 trillion Australian custody market has been highly active during the past 18 months and continues to be watched as several superannuation fund and asset management contracts are ...