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Government to ban default life insurance in super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... which they may not be able to claim on." Further to these measures, the Government will also introduce a 3% annual cap on passive fees charged by funds on balances below $6000, and ban exit fees on all super accounts. "The Government will also strengthen ...

Adviser regulation lacking a professional body, RC hears

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... aspires to play a bigger role in regulating the industry. Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr unearthed the AFA's passive approach to disciplining and monitoring members' misconduct and why it doesn't receive a "huge amount of complaints." ...

Royal Commission to boost ETFs: VanEck

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... said it expects a regulatory overhaul following Commissioner Hayne's findings, if not before. It also believes low-cost, passive options will become go-to investment vehicles. ETFs are far more cost-effective than comparable unlisted active managed funds ...

Sales director moves from Legg Mason

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... said. "Following developments in our Treasury Services business which has resulted in efficiencies across cash management, passive FX hedging and portfolio hedging, we have experienced a strong increase in these services. We are delighted to be able ...

ASIC slaps fines on Spaceship and its trustee

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
The corporate regulator said Spaceship's upbeat description of its growth option made "misleading claims" to attract new superannuation members. Spaceship's GrowthX option claimed to "measure companies" while in reality 79% of the fund was tracking ...

REITs the saving grace on SPIVA scorecard

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... slightly more positive. S&P has reported country-specific active fund performance for 16 years, often sparking active versus passive debate with its reports. Last year's SPIVA scorecard showed that in 2016 Australian active funds lagged behind benchmarks ...

Super funds embrace crowdsourced cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Two of Australia's biggest industry superannuation funds have backed a San Francisco-based crowdsourced cybersecurity startup, taking part in a $33 million capital raise. Hostplus and First State Super have invested in Bugcrowd, a security platform ...

Kerr Neilson steps down as Platinum chief

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... Soros. In an interview with Financial Standard sister publication FS Private Wealth, he described investing as being like "passive hunting." "It's great fun! So the key here is that you're always trying to outrun the competition, you're always trying ...

Colonial First State awards $385m mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... Bank said all of Deutsche Asset Management's business lines - institutional and retail segments and across its active, passive and alternatives range - will unite under one umbrella and operate autonomously under a new legal structure coming into effect ...

Record high returns elusive in 2018: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... depressed." The good news for active fund managers in this current environment is they will get an opportunity to shine over the passive managers, Baur said.