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Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... "Markets have reflected the overarching storyline that we've been putting forward for a while. We're at a moderately conservative positioning in our risk settings. We've been gradually reducing risk in the portfolio over the last 18 months, certainly ...

FIIG bolsters managed bonds service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
FIIG Securities has introduced a Conservative Income Strategy option to its Managed Income Portfolio Service (MIPS) program. The new offering will provide investors with simplified access to professional management of investment grade senior and subordinated ...

Austock expands investment menu

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... Tax-Paid range, adding three new indexed options to its imputation bond menu. The addition of the Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index, Vanguard Diversified Growth Index and Vanguard International Shares (Unhedged) Index mean Austock investors now ...

Hunter Hall delivers profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
Hunter Hall delivered an 86.8% boost in statutory after-tax profit to $7.8 million in the year to 30 June 2016. This was driven by major gains in investment income and performance fees - even if funds under management only increased slightly by 1.9% ...

Mercer funds added to two platforms

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... platforms, broadening Mercer's strategic relationship with the retail investor market. The funds include: Mercer Conservative Growth, Mercer Defensive, Mercer Select Growth, Mercer High Growth, Mercer Moderate Growth and Mercer Income Plus. With the ...

Shaw and Partners joins forces with Praemium

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... exclusively to Australian equities and the other comprises ASX-listed debt and preference securities (geared at more conservative investors). Commenting on the launch, Shaw and Partners head of private wealth Earl Evans said: "The ability of our clients ...

Retirement system needs work: Actuaries

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... then rely wholly on the Age Pension, the reality is that at least half of the pensioners take a very financially conservative approach in retirement," Dr Asher said. The reports' main findings include: While average account sizes were significantly lower ...

Evans and Partners expands investment team

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... risky to some, we view our disciplined process and low tolerance for both financial and operational risk as highly conservative, and so it has proven through our investment outcomes, now delivered consistently for over five years."

Multi-asset mandate reflects investment environment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... diversified funds, which also form part of the Netwealth Global Specialist Series and cover four risk profiles ranging from conservative through to high growth. Netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine said the firm's technology couple with Russell's ...

Time to review MySuper effectiveness

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... will also analyse MySuper lifestage investment approaches, which aim to guide the member from a more aggressive to conservative investment style through their working life. Latto added another area of discussion will be death and disability insurance ...