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EM equities beating global indices: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Emerging market equities have outperformed global indices over 2016's third quarter after several years of underperformance, according to VanEck research. VanEck emerging markets equity portfolio manager David Semple explained that while EM has "generally ...

Midwinter extends partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... view of the total client position. InvestmentLink chief technology officer, Wayne Robinson, said: "We see ILRT as filling a major gap in the market - access to client-authorised data feeds. Midwinter now has access to data that has been traditionally ...

Dunsford explains backpedal at EGM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Mark Dunsford has explained his decision to withdraw the motion to change the Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) Constitution at the recent extraordinary general meeting (EGM). The director of Dunsford Financial Planning and leader of the Life ...

Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... and recommendations to turbocharge Australia as "a truly innovative nation by 2030." Ferris said it's obvious the nation's major savings pools are going to have to play a big part.

CBA partners to finance clean energy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... productivity. "In particular, we see huge potential for the transport, agriculture and construction industries to realise major benefits from upgrading to energy efficient technologies, including fuel efficient vehicles, and energy efficient lighting ...

Yale returns 3.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... to A$33 billion due to the A$1.3 billion it paid out in distributions to Yale University. YEF is one of Yale University's major revenue sources accounting for one third of its budget. "Endowment distributions to the operating budget have nearly doubled ...

Insurance reforms get member support

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
AFA members have given their approval to the proposed reforms to the life risk industry, after a motion calling for removal of support of the Life Insurance Framework received little support in a vote. The special resolution fell well short of the votes ...

Adviser reform about recovering social licence

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... Klipin, FOS lead ombudsman investments and advice June Smith, and APRA board member Geoff Summerhayes discussed all the major talking points relating to the Life Insurance Framework, concluding that the industry must move towards self-regulation in order ...

Majority of active managers underperforming: S&P

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
The majority of active Australian fund managers underperformed their relevant indices in FY16, according to the Mid-Year 2016 S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Australia Scorecard. The research, issued bi-annually, tracks about 1000 ...

More poor customer outcomes expected: Narev

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev anticipates there will be more cases of poor customer outcomes as an independent review of the bank continues. Narev told the ongoing parliamentary committee in Canberra yesterday that while CBA has implemented ...