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Managed Accounts challenge to retail wealth groups

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
Almost all major retail wealth groups now offer managed accounts but that doesn't mean they are using the same strategy to get involved with the emerging sector. Rainmaker has just completed its second annual Managed Accounts report containing a detailed ...

Super fund boss: We're not IT companies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... think it's a license to operate. You do need to be as good as the firm next to you," Cuffe said. "I don't think you'd build a big, beaut thing and think you're going to win the game off that." Cuffe added UniSuper has about 600 staff and about half were ...

ETF flows up despite market underperformance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Exchange traded funds (ETFs) saw positive flows in August despite overall negative returns from Australian and international equities. Total net flows into ETFs in August 2015 were $360 million, about half the net flows that the sector had seen during ...

BlackRock adds to distribution team

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
BlackRock has expanded its distribution team with the appointment of a new regional sales head from Aberdeen Asset Management. Kate McDermott has joined the fund manager as director and head of southern region sales within its Wealth Advisory group. ...

Prime Super launches new brand

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... made up of coloured triangles. "We know that superannuation can be complex and difficult to understand at times and this is a big driver of member disengagement, which can lead to poor retirement outcomes for many Australians," the fund's chief executive ...

Super funds cautious about administration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Super fund chairs have expressed caution over the administration transition occurring at Link Group, saying there is a large responsibility to deliver the right technology outcomes for both long-standing and new clients. Speaking at an Australian Institute ...

PIMCO launches bank capital fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... giant PIMCO has launched a new global bank capital fund which aims to reduce risk for investors with large exposures to the big Australian banks. The PIMCO Capital Securities Fund offers investors a long-term, strategic allocation to the global financial ...

ANZ ETFS listed on HUB24 platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... (ASX). The joint venture between Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and ETF Securities is the first entry by a big four bank into Australia's ETF market. Since then, the joint venture's two co-heads, Danny Laidler and Adam Smith, have stepped ...

Aussie fintechs sell to grow

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... becoming "the eBay/Freelancer of the SMSF space but with all the core technology provided free of charge." It is undoubtedly a big call but Porter put forward a good case. "Mclowd has about $720,000 in capital on the balance sheet, and I think it's worthwhile ...

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... will start lifting "later this year" and gradually thereafter IF the economy proceeds according to their outlook. This is a big IF considering the "uncertainties" Janet, herself, mentioned: "Considerable uncertainties also surround the outlook for economic ...