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Mark Dunsford attacks FSC over life reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has fired back at Life Insurance Customer Group member Mark Dunsford who claims the reforms contained in the Life Insurance Framework are designed purely to benefit life companies and banks. In ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Inflation crashes to 1pct The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in the June quarter 2016, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures. This follows a fall of 0.2% in the March quarter 2016. Annual inflation is now just 1.0% ...

First State Super confirms firefighter academy investment

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
Investment from First State Super is helping to build a world class training facility for Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW). Launched by NSW Minister for Emergency Services, David Elliott and FRNSW commissioner Greg Mullins, the Fire & Rescue NSW Academy is ...

Alternatives delivering for infra and PE

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
Strip infrastructure and private equity out of superannuation funds' alternatives investments and the asset class struggles to deliver its current growth-like returns. This is one of the key pieces of analysis provided by Frontier Advisors at its annual ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...

UK pensions not fussed about in-housing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... fourth-most-significant factor for UK pensions when hiring managers. They are mid-pack (sixth of 11) when it comes to reasons to fire managers. "Fees are not insignificant in institutions' decision-making, but nor are they paramount," Justina Deveikyte ...

Factor investing sees new customised approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
Factor-based investing is being further pitched at Australian institutional investors at a time when they are thinking outside smart beta products and looking for more outcomes-based solutions. As part of a recent Australian visit, Northern Trust Asset ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
Despite deteriorating market confidence and doubts over central banks' firepower and ability to influence market moods and outcomes, the events of the past week showed that CBs are anything but powerless. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RNBZ) unexpected ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
US asset management giant PIMCO is most concerned about a slowdown in China, deflation and central banks not having the necessary firepower to mitigate further economic shocks. Despite those risks, the fund manager's base asset allocation is overweight ...

Future Fund puts in another strong year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
The Future Fund has grown has almost doubled its assets under management to $118.4 billion from the initial investment of $60.5 billion seeded by the government in 2006. In a portfolio update briefing, the sovereign wealth fund said it has been paring ...