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No tears for China's disappointing data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... again is 6.5%-7.0%). And that, "Excessive monetary policy stimulus isn't necessary to achieve the target... If there isn't any big economic or financial turmoil, we'll keep prudent monetary policy."

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... last week, taking its weekly gain up by 1.2% over the week (though it remains 5.9% below its 2016 starting level). Another big central bank helped support market sentiment last week. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) by lifting its yuan fixing by 0.34% ...

Employer fiduciary responsibility could halve super fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
Vanguard chairman and chief executive Bill McNabb believes the Australian superannuation system can learn a lot from the US and encourage employers to take a more active role in driving down fees paid by members. The global head of the specialist low ...

OneVentures says VC needs scale in Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... and perhaps have it managed elsewhere so it can be deployed into venture funds," Deaker said. Deaker said there had been a big focus in Australia on funding companies between their initial idea and first major investment hurdle, commonly referred to ...

Industry reacts to super objective

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
Industry commentators have come out broadly in support of the discussion paper outlining the formal objective of Australia's superannuation system released yesterday. Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane said the move to formalise ...

Confused environment leads to Aussie stock volatility

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... conditions show that investors are increasingly concerned with their delivery. "An example of this is BHP being bid up despite a big dividend cut, and investors no longer chasing the banks despite tempting yields," he said. "All companies are cutting ...

New engagement tool for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
... can have a two-way conversation with individual members in a timely, contextual and relevant way. The video technology uses big data and predictive analytics to create an individual presentation that allows interactive exploration of account information ...

SMAs driving growth at fund manager Altair

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
Australian shares and income fund manager Altair Asset Management are seeing more demand for its managed accounts solutions, signing two major planning groups in recent months and close to wrapping up one other. Founder and chief investment officer ...

HUB24 funds under administration to hit $3bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... three ways: the group's strategy has finally borne fruit, financial advisers are getting into managed accounts solutions in a big way or, most likely, a bit of both. HUB24's managing director Andrew Alcock said the group is attracting more and more advisers ...

Managed fund allocations jump

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
Self-managed super fund allocations to managed funds have jumped to record levels while fewer investors are holding shares directly, according to data OneVue has pulled from its SMSF platform. OneVue's survey for the December 2015 quarter found that ...