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New fund tapping into Indian equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... India's equity markets currently among the world's best performers. "India has implemented reforms which should keep it a major long-term growth engine for years to come, but most importantly for investors this is translating into strong investment opportunity. ...

Growth in super and investment FUMA stagnant

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... decrease in FUMA of -1.7%. DEXX&R attributes the stagnant growth in FUMA to the impact of low investment returns in the major asset classes and negative returns in some other asset classes. Returns for the twelve months to 30 June 2016 across the major ...

Government releases draft super reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
The Turnbull government has released its first tranche of exposure draft legislation for proposed superannuation reforms. Describing the reforms as "fairer, more flexible and more sustainable," Treasurer Scott Morrison argued that "the majority of Australians" ...

ECPAM wins mandate, grows investment team

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... All Cap fund. The company is now managing approximately $600 million in assets under management and has ratings from the major asset consultants. "We consider our clients as partners and as such we decided to be conservative and close the Ex50 fund ...

Alpha-beta split allows better asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
One of Australia's largest superannuation funds says it has strategically split its investment portfolio between alpha and beta to better monitor performance and asset allocation. Although not a new concept, First State Super has moved to an alpha and ...

Netwealth enters fintech partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... exclusive platform arrangement with a global fintech firm. Through the arrangement TipRanks will provide research on all major shares listed on US markets, to assist advisers in identifying US opportunities and tracking analyst recommendations. The partnership ...

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... conscious administrators need to be adequately funded if the $2 trillion super system is to work smoothly and without risk of major errors. "In the course of our work, we find that generally more than 50% of the breaches from superannuation trustees ...

Inappropriate advice drives disputes

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received 34,095 disputes in 2015-16, a 7% increase on the previous year, according to the FOS 2015-16 annual review. Of the 20,298 disputes accepted 1,141 were investments and advice disputes (5%) and 1,095 were ...

Super investment poorly communicated

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... concepts which are difficult to understand but it is the industry's combined duty to change. Candidly Garcia said one of the major reasons he left a career in financial planning was a difficulty to explain super fund investment. "So much of this information ...

CBA offers $9.4m in compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
CBA has provided an update on its Open Advice Review, saying it has offered $9.4 million in compensation to customers. The bank contacted 350,000 at the review's outset, 8,600 of whom requested a review. So far, 5,300 of those requested assessments ...