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Meat industry fund welcomes new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... - the overwhelming majority of which are in the fund's MySuper option. Recent Rainmaker data shows the three year performance to September 2017 of AMIST Super's flagship MySuper option is above the average of all available MySuper products.

Misperception of independence jeopardising trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... selling their own products. Despite this, satisfaction levels across the industry when it comes to superannuation performance are increasing. Those who purchase superannuation through an independent financial planner/adviser were the most satisfied at ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... record high in October and business confidence remaining above its long-term average (+8 versus +6). The latest AiG performance of manufacturing index's sharp reversal to a reading of 57.3 in November from 51.1 in the previous month also fits with the ...

Industry rolls out anti-sexual harassment ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... manager Impact Shares. Filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission shows the fund is aiming to measure the performance of large caps of US$2 billion that are "empowering to women." The companies are selected based on gender diversity scores ...

APRA delivers poor super fund ultimatum

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... composition," Rowell said. "This was consistent for funds with and without equal representation, across measures of investment performance, fees and costs, and sustainability metrics such as net cash flows." The ASFA Conference opened today to more than ...

Praemium solution signs first client

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... administration functions to a new Praemium offering. The new service builds on Praemium Portfolio, a reporting and performance analytics solution formerly known as V-Wrap, which integrates with Praemium SMA for investment management and reporting. Perth-based ...

Contango swaps investment managers following AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... Management. CTN chair Trevor Carroll said the decision followed a challenging year for the company "due to less than ideal performance, leading to an underperformance against the Small Ordinaries Benchmark." Carroll added that CTN shareholders have also ...

Long-short performance justifies fees: Zenith

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
New Zenith research suggests that despite the higher premiums charged to investors, the average return produced by long-short funds justifies the cost. Zenith found in the 12 months to September 30, global long-short managers delivered a 2.3% premium ...

Centrepoint launches new advice partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
Centrepoint Alliance has established a community of high performance advice firms comprising practices with aligned views on innovation and success. Centrepoint will be forming strategic partnerships with those firms in the Partner's Circle, which were ...

The age of algorithmic advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... augment your everyday capabilities." These are the types of employees Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings calls "performance driven people" and the type of employees Airbnb would hire because they are "energised by the unknowns" or ambiguity, Walsh ...