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Advisers should engage clients on health

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... is in the spotlight. Recent research puts the financial cost of obesity at $8.28 billion per year for Australia, over a third of which is borne by the taxpayer. The annual cost of diabetes and pre-diabetes stands at $10.3 billion and the overall cost ...

Super in-house investment no threat to fund managers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
The tendency for big super funds to move investment in-house is no cause for alarm for investment managers, according to Principal Global Investors chief executive Grant Forster. Forster said that while funds bringing investment in-house - such as AustralianSuper ...

NZ Super awards 4 mandates to Northern Trust

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... two-thirds of the Fund was invested passively, providing cost-effective access to diversified global share-markets. "Adding a third passive equity manager to our stable will give the Fund more capacity and flexibility in managing this very important ...

ASIC has risk advice in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... the need to take measures to avoid industry blind spots. He urged advisers to pay particularly attention to their use of third party service providers. "You can't outsource your compliance with the law," he said. Consumers are now more demanding than ...

Sovereign Wealth Funds surge to $5 trillion

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Sovereign Wealth Funds across the globe have added $750 billion to their total assets under management over the last year to reach $5.38 trillion, according to new research from Preqin. The growth, which was attributed to the launch of a number of new ...

Asset manager growth ambitions slowed by regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... markets (23%) or expanding into new growth markets (23%) would be their top priority over the next three years, almost one-third (30%) said achieving cost savings through efficiency drives would be their top priority.

Obama expected to pick Yellen as US Fed chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... close association with Obamacare, the Frank-Dodd reforms and the post-GFC auto stimulus. US Senator Charles Schumer, the third-ranking Senate Democrat, predicted today that Yellen would win the race for the role "by a wide margin". Investors around the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... 0.33 per cent, to 5,232. NEW YORK - US stocks suffered hefty losses as the partial government shutdown dragged through a third day and worries climbed that the budget battle could escalate into a debt default. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... negotiations. Wall Street and European equity markets dropped overnight as the partial US government shutdown entered its third day. But the local market edged higher, on expectations a resolution will soon be achieved in the US, Australian Stock Report ...

Global investment banking fees up 3% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
... top five spots were filled by US banks, with rankings unchanged from the previous year. According to Thomson Reuters, the third quarter was the slowest for fees since 2009. Fees totaled $15.7 billion, 24% lower than the previous three months. For the ...