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FIIG appoints head of middle markets

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... executive Mark Paton said the appointment of Simpson would enhance the executive-level capacity of FIIG to pursue its aggressive growth strategy in the middle markets segment. "This sector of the market under utilise fixed income as part of their financial ...

PROFILE: Metlife chief executive Deanne Stewart

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... purpose to serve customers. "I do think, and this is slightly controversial, that there's still way too much focus on aggressive quarterly P&L results in the financial services industry and self-interest, quite frankly, versus the fact that ultimately ...

Time to review MySuper effectiveness

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... funds." WSSA said it will also analyse MySuper lifestage investment approaches, which aim to guide the member from a more aggressive to conservative investment style through their working life. Latto added another area of discussion will be death and ...

Military to get defined contribution super scheme

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... Commonwealth funds. The new fund has four investment options: Cash, Income Focused, MySuper Balanced (the default option) and Aggressive. Members will not be required to make personal contributions unless they wish to and can transfer their accumulated ...

Milliman awarded industry fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... options. Maritime Super chief executive Peter Robertson said introducing Milliman's strategy across two of its more aggressive options worked well, "providing our members with access to growth assets with some added protection." It also reinforced the ...

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... managers, according to Cerulli Associates research. The Cerulli Edge - Asia-Pacific Edition, 2Q 2016 report highlighted the aggressive downward pressure on management fees, compounded by the need for "deep pockets" to establish oneself in the region ...

BetaShares Managed Risk Series hits $200m

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
ETF provider BetaShares has just surpassed $200 million in funds under management in its Managed Risk Series of ASX-traded funds. The success of the Managed Risk Series reflects the high growth of the Australian exchange-traded funds industry, which ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... numbers are notoriously volatile and are subject to big revisions. Euro economic sentiment It seems like the ECB's aggressive monetary policy stimulus is beginning to bear fruit. The ZEW euro area economic sentiment index - a measure of optimism over ...

Australian system needs "substantial reassessment": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... there's a scandal or pattern of bad conduct, organisations tend to change leadership, say they're going to be more aggressive, and ask for more resources. That's all good and well, but historically it hasn't yielded significant change to the way a complete ...

Australian pension market still global leader

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
... of corresponding GDP - illustrating how significant these assets have become in global economic terms. Australia's aggressive growth may be put down to its high relative exposure to equities but since its 48% weighting is similar to the US and UK's 47% ...