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Actuaries Institute to advise FSI on longevity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... of life insurance - and that MySuper and SuperStream have not had time to work. The submission also argued in favour of active management, and questioned whether self-managed super funds are adequately regulated.

Voya appoints head of emerging market debt

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... ways to be positioned in the market, especially in light of the next moves by central banks around the world. Voya IM's active decision-making process is focused on seeking out the best investments from a broad landscape, and we believe emerging markets ...

Movers and shakers

... development and he will be responsible for driving growth of its institutional business in Australia across Van Eck Global's active and ETF capabilities. Caulfield previously worked for FTSE, where he was responsible for growing FTSE's domestic business ...

A quarter of global instos plan to grow alternatives investment teams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... two years, according to the latest survey by Preqin. The specialist research house asked 380 global institutions who are active in alternative assets for their outlook on the asset class. A total of 28% indicated plans to grow their investment teams ...

Licensees must be more open to social media: AFA

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
Licensees that allow advisers to be active on social media could soon be more appealing to advisers according the Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking on a panel at the AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit on the Gold Coast ...

Van Eck Global expands Australia team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... development and he will be responsible for driving growth of its institutional business in Australia across Van Eck Global's active and ETF capabilities. Caulfield previously worked for FTSE, where he was responsible for growing FTSE's domestic business ...

Record profits for Standard Life Investments

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... Keith Skeoch, who has led the company since June 2004, said. "However, as a firm believer in the benefits of long term active investing, what pleases me most are the strong relationships we have established with institutional and retail clients around ...

UBS Dynamic Alpha Strategy wins large insto mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... "We're delighted with the ongoing interest in DAS. The success of the strategy has been driven by a return to favour of active asset allocation globally in combination with a focus on downside risk management," UBS head of global asset management in ...

BetaShares partners with fifth largest US ETF provider

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... US$35 billion and over 65 ETFs listed in the US covering a broad range of asset classes and exposures. The company manages active ETFs and fundamentally weighted ETFs through products such as the US-listed Emerging Markets Local Debt Fund, Japan Hedged ...

MySuper spurred innovation and chased down fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... very similar lifecycle cohorts," said Gee. "We're also worried about the increased use of passive investment as we believe active managers add value." Fryer expressed concern about the number of smaller funds that are in the market. "There's 120 MySuper ...