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Super performs well in board gender diversity index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The superannuation sector was one of the top performers in the latest rebalance of the Boardroom Diversity Index. Along with Sport, ASX100 companies and Cooperative Research Centres, Super was one of only four sectors to show gains of more than 5% in ...

APAC asset managers to invest heavily in data

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... asset owners and managers in 11 countries, State Street's report reveals that 81% of respondents saw data and analytics as a top strategic priority. This sentiment was largely driven by an unstable regulatory climate and the concern (reflected by 55% ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street lifted more than one per cent as investors weighed the timing of US interest-rate increases after lower-than-forecast economic data. At 0818 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index ...

FEATURE: How ETFs are changing adviser asset allocation thinking

LAURA MILLAN, ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... that education has brought financial advisers on board." Nearly all ETF inflows (94%) remain controlled by the industry's top four issuers - iShares, Vanguard, BetaShares and State Street. Vynokur doesn't see this situation changing any time soon because ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... Oh, by the by, there's one thing that changed. The US dollar index has appreciated by around another 10% since - this is on top of its 11.9% appreciation in 2014. Another indicator that points to extended Fed patience at the very least. A Fed fightback ...

Government "tinkering" tops super industry worries

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
Superannuation industry stakeholders are most concerned about "increasing government tinkering and regulation," a survey by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and BNP Paribas revealed. "Over 40% of respondents think regulatory ...

Perennial to raise capital for Aussie equities LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... investment strategy, based on a diversified portfolio of Australian companies, with an overweight to stocks outside the ASX top 20, as compared with the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index. The company's independent board of directors is chaired by former ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life (PFL) recognised Australia's top insurers and life risk products at a black tie event in Sydney last night. TAL received the overall Platinum Award and the Trauma award, and was a finalist ...

Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... would be an immediate priority. Why would the governance settings of our retirement system and the level of competition be a top priority? As superannuation is the signature public policy tool for managing our nation's deteriorating demographic profile ...

New HNWIs demand unbundled services

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... massive opportunity: as per the report, the segment is prepared to spend an additional $560 million annually on advice, on top of the nearly $2 billion it's already paying. "Advisers have a big opportunity to try to service this particular space," added ...