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AXA IM launches two SmartBeta products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
AXA Investment Managers has announced the launch of two new smart beta products, designed as alternatives to index trackers. The AXA IM SmartBeta Equity and AXA IM SmartBeta Bond strategies use rules based filters to reduce exposure to risks associated ...

PASF receives MySuper approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
The Professional Associations Super Fund (PASF) has received a MySuper authorization from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and will be offering it from July 1 2013. PASF has chosen to offer its Growth investment option under MySuper ...

CommInsure expands income protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
CommInsure has come up with a new product that takes income protection one step further, paying totally and permanently disabled clients a 100% of their income. While traditionally insurance companies only pay 75% of income in these cases, CommeInsure ...

The Celtic Tiger gets back its roar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
It's beginning to sound like a broken record ever since the Dow broke its 2007 record on the 5th of March 2013...and talks about the Dow are yet to stop - whether it'll continue heading higher, consolidate or reverse at some point. Guilty, your honour! ...

Advisers overlooking business development

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
Advisers are failing to take advantage of the help their dealer group can offer them to grow their business, according to a recent survey from boutique financial services firm The Advice Exchange. The private equity firm surveyed 200 advisers and found ...

AvSuper gets MySuper approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) awarded superannuation fund AvSuper with a MySuper licence, the super fund announced yesterday. Under the new licence, AvSuper will be able to offer members a MySuper option wich includes a single ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
Gotta give it to Rachel Hunter, it might not have happened overnight - it took nearly five years - but it did happen. Last Friday, the Dow closed 232.54 points above and over its 9 October 2007 all-time peak. Not long now and we'll be hearing her ex ...

Former Hunter Hall managers gather new FUM in Morphic

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
Global equities fund manager Morphic Asset Management has reached $25 million in Funds Under Management (FUM) since it was funded last July by two former Hunter Hall global equity portfolio managers, Jack Lowenstein and Chad Slater. Lowenstein and Slater ...

Former Astarra director permanently banned from fin services

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced today that it has permanently banned former Astarra Asset Management director Eugene Liu from providing financial services for failing to comply with financial services laws. Liu ...

Media Super gets MySuper approval

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Media Super has joined the early ranks of super funds authorised to offer a low cost MySuper product from 1 July 2013. Media Super acting CEO Michael Rooney announced that formal notification had been received from the Australian Prudential Regulation ...