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China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... growing. This is four times the size of our superannuation system. By 2030, there will be a staggering one billion middle class Chinese. This middle class will increasingly demand financial services and investment opportunities beyond China's borders. ...

ASX records $400m profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... efficiencies to customers, provide product and service innovation, and ensure Australia's market infrastructure remains world-class." The government initiated a review of the market structure for clearing cash equities in February 2015. ASX is currently ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... We had lecturers who were working in the markets, so that created a nice circle of wisdom and it meant we could bring to class real problems that we were facing at the time," Wills explains. His first job in asset management was with New South Wales ...

Berkeley scientist develops game for advice clients

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Capital Preferences has designed a new tool to help financial advisers better understand their clients' and, in turn, help them make better investment decisions, with the help of a scientist from the University of California, Berkeley. The financial ...

State Street boosts managed fund sales team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... managed funds - two benchmark unaware Australian and global equity strategies as well as three objective-based multi asset class funds. We regard these as solutions for advisers and their investors who are looking to achieve explicit investment objectives." ...

Retail responsible investment up 24pct

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
The notion that Australians are disengaged from their superannuation has started its terminal decline according to Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) chief executive Simon O'Connor. O'Connor made the comment as the annual RIAA Responsible ...

BlackRock likes Japan, Europe

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund product strategist Matt Estes believes there is a lot to like about Japan and Europe when viewing markets and asset classes across the world. Speaking at a BlackRock event on Thursday, Estes said the fund - which manages ...

MySuper fee savings can be doubled

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
MySuper will result in total cost savings of $1.4 billion to the overall super system, but introducing some simple measures could double that amount, according to the Grattan Institute. The Institute's productivity growth program director, Jim Minifie ...

Sunsuper CIO retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Sunsuper chief investment officer David Hartley is retiring from the $34 billion industry fund but has ruled out full retirement from the investment industry. After a decade with Sunsuper, Hartley announced his retirement today and said it was time ...

FEATURE: Custody under review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Custodians are a vital organ for super funds and asset managers. Darren Snyder explores the trillion-dollar industry. The $2.6 trillion Australian custody market has been highly active during the past 18 months and continues to be watched as several ...