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Parametric expands alternative risk premia offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... factors that can stand in the way of executing sound investing strategy. Parametric is expecting to hit cash plus 7-9% in returns, net of fees and transaction costs. It is also expecting portfolios to experience lower volatility, be better diversified ...

LGIAsuper adds investment veteran to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... "Dewhurst's experience in global investment banking and asset management will strengthen the board's ability to generate strong returns for our members, while managing risk appropriately," Smith said. Dewhurst replaces John Wilson who resigned earlier ...

PC puts spotlight on lifecycle super products

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... performance Glen Hipwood told the Commission that modern lifecycle products using more than one cohort factor do not forgo returns to members' working life. Product needs vary across age and circumstance and so the challenge of default products is ...

Super startup returns to drawing board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
Female-focused superannuation startup Human Super confirmed its launch plans are on hold as well as the departure of its chief executive after eight months in the role. Human Super interim chair Jeremy Levy told Financial Standard the venture is still ...

Equal weight portfolios outperform: VanEck

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... managing director and head of Asia Pacific Arian Neiron said. VanEck's reason: the distribution of individual stock returns is not the normal distribution that most analysis assumes. Instead the distribution of individual stock returns is 'skewed' ...

Aussie HNWI population grows: Capgemini

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... sophistication of hybrid investment services, where advanced analytics coupled with robotic processes can contribute to ongoing returns," Gomm said. According to Gomm, non-financial services tech giants - otherwise known as BigTechs - such as Amazon ...

New NAB product garners CEFC support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... project financing transactions. "International superannuation and pension funds are recognising the long-term and consistent returns available from investing in large-scale renewable energy projects. We want to encourage the same approach from Australian ...

Class streamlines investment solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... financial year approaches, Class warned advisers and accountants not to overlook the "double-whammy deadline" for both SMSF Returns and the start of Transfer Balance Account Reporting (TBAR). Despite the extension to SMSF annual return lodgement granted ...

Perpetual launches ethical fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... strategy which preserves the defensive characteristic of fixed income and at the same time generates strong cash-plus returns, he added. This encompasses investment grade bonds with a rating of BBB- and above, supplemented by a smaller allocation to ...

Active shortfalls see pension fund fee restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
Inadequate returns by active managers will see Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) revise its fee structure to prioritise performance. Under the new structure, GPIF-contracted managers will have their base fee rate lowered to that ...