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Zenith rates CFM diversified alternative beta fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
Zenith gave a "recommended" rating to an alternative beta fund distributed by Winston Capital Partners. The CFM ISDiversified Trust employs a diversified alternative beta strategy, accruing $47 million in funds under management since its inception on ...

Bridges partners for financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
Bridges Financial Services has partnered with The Smith Family to help deliver a financial education program to disadvantaged high school students. The two-year, $300,000 partnership will help equip 4000 students from low-income families with money ...

Super assets up despite contributions dip

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
Total assets in superannuation have grown 7.4% in the last 12 months, despite total contributions dipping 1.5%. According to APRA's Quarterly Superannuation Performance report, at the close of the September 2016 quarter assets totaled $2.1 trillion ...

Super choice needs more than five minutes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
One of the emerging threats to Australian's retirement savings is the fact that one in three SME owners spend less than five minutes selecting their employee's default super fund. This is the key takeout from a recent survey conducted by REST Industry ...

Industry fund leads way for flexible workplaces

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
Cbus and Aurecon have passed the accreditation process for demonstrating best practice for flexible workplaces, making them the first Australian workplaces to do so. The Flex Able certification is delivered by Diverse City Careers (DCC), a social enterprise ...

Eaton Vance acquires $16bn fund manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
Eaton Vance has agreed to acquire a US-based fund manager with US$12.3 billion ($16.2 billion) in assets under management. An indirect subsidiary of Ameritas Holding Company, Calvert Investment Management was formed in 1976 and has been a pioneer in ...

Global investment redrawn by technology

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
Global equity investors will have trouble capturing the true value of stocks without taking technological disruption into account, a Fidelity portfolio manager has warned. Speaking at Fidelity's National Adviser Forum in Sydney, global equities manager ...

MySuper transition costing retail members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
The retirement savings of retail super fund members could be diminished by $20,000 as a result of retail and bank-owned funds delaying the transition of members into default MySuper products. Research conducted by Rainmaker Information and commissioned ...

Crestone signs former Rio Tinto CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Wealth management firm Crestone has named a new non-executive director. Leigh Clifford joins Crestone, which now has $14 billion in assets under management, having accrued substantial experience in the management of businesses in Australia and internationally ...

Universities must prepare for adviser reforms: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is calling on universities and other education providers to develop new programs ahead of the looming professional standards deadline. In partnership with the Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) ...