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Market confidence marches in March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... services sectors. It is based on non-opinion based monthly surveys of over 16,000 purchasing executives from 32 of the world's top economies, including the U.S., Japan, Germany, France and China which together account for over 85 percent of global GDP. ...

BT awarded Life Company of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
BT Financial Group has been awarded 2015 Life Company of the Year at a ceremony hosted by Plan for Life and the Association of Financial Advisers in Sydney last night. BTFG collected three of 13 awards on offer, also winning the Income Protection Award ...

Investment analysts overpaid and mostly redundant: Moore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... fund managers two questions to determine if they are a closet tracker: How many stocks are in the portfolio and what is your top 10? Closet trackers, he said, will have high numbers of stocks and top 10s that have a lot of commonality with the biggest ...

Mercer issues super fund imperatives

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... individual members with tailored asset allocations based on demographics. As part of a wide-ranging paper that addresses Mercer's top 10 actions for superannuation providers in 2016, the consultant urges super funds to become more focused on outcome ...

Back-office upgrade is front of mind for time-conscious advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... Investment Trends adviser survey found that netwealth bested its platform rivals in terms of full functionality. To achieve the top spot, netwealth had to score well across 506 "key characteristics" available on 22 master trust and wrap platforms, according ...

US resistance to DOL fiduciary rule gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... meanwhile criticised the DOL for ignoring concerns raised by the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC). These claims are on top of comments by a former director of the SEC Division of Investment Management saying many brokers would simply walk away ...

BT multi asset fund gets top Lonsec rating

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
Lonsec has upgraded the BT Active Balanced Wholesale Fund to 'Highly Recommended' - its highest possible rating. In its latest research report on the fund managed by Martyn Wild, Lonsec said the fund is "considered to be reasonably well resourced and ...

Survey shows people struggling to put more super away

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Australians believe now is a good time to pay off debt and top-up their super but many say they can't afford to put money away after living expenses, according to a new survey by MLC. The latest MLC Wealth Sentiment Survey also shows that 50% of Australians ...

Australia aims to be APAC fintech leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's recent trip to Hong Kong and Shanghai top-dressed the government's innovation commitment and complemented calls by financial services executives for Australia's fintech industry to immediately capitalise in a "booming" ...

New CEO at Board of Taxation

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... Taxation's new chief executive from 31 March 2016. Payne has more than 20 years' experience as a specialist taxation adviser at top tier legal and accounting firms. Before joining the Board of Taxation, Payne was a partner in the Sydney practice of Minter ...