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New TAL scheme offers discounts for healthy living

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... annual check-ups." The TAL Health Sense: Fit for Life program will continue to evolve with initiatives and other health metrics but will remain simple for clients to be encouraged and rewarded for good health. To support advisers in having health conversations ...

Treasurer commits to improve after-fee super returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... Treasurer reminded the audience of super professionals the government is commissioning the Productivity Commission to develop metrics that assess the efficiency and competitiveness of the superannuation system - and to develop alternative models for ...

Man Diversified Alternatives recommended by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... uncorrelated to traditional asset classes. Zenith rated a universe of 19 multi strategy funds based on a range of quantitative metrics. Its investment committee then provides a qualitative overlay that takes into account the structure of the manager's ...

Lonsec Research appoints new CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... Research also launched an engagement tool for advisers, known as the Goals Based Analysis tool, and a series of fund-specific metrics - BIOmetrics. The business has also broadened its research coverage to include ratings on separately managed accounts ...

Super trustees get a handle on retirement income

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... products with diverse features, return drivers and payoff profiles. "Towers Watson has developed a number of proprietary metrics that accommodate retirement products across the spectrum of approaches. They also allow for changing levels of account size ...

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... grown up reporting, rather than communicating. You need to figure out you define success to the fiduciary because success metrics are less obvious. You need to tell the story," he says. It also increases the manager risk because typically an inflation ...

VicSuper awards $100m corporate bonds mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... awarded a $100 million investment mandate to a fixed income manager to invest in diversified Australian corporate loans. Metrics Credit Partners will manage the mandate, which falls under VicSuper's domestic fixed interest strategy. The super fund aims ...

NGS Super hires brand, digital manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... financial services industry. "At NGS Super we are already punching above our weight in the digital space, with our internal metrics showing we are consistently among the top 10 funds for digital engagement. However, member engagement still remains one ...

Berkeley scientist develops game for advice clients

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... The game only takes a few minutes to play but the score given out at the end gives measurable insight into a range of metrics including the client's attitude to risk, capacity for loss, tolerance for ambiguous outcomes, bias towards the present and strength ...

SelectingSuper rejects claim small funds should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... Rainmaker (SelectingSuper is part of the Rainmaker group) has repeatedly shown only a weak correlation between fund size and metrics such as performance or fees. Indeed there are significant numbers of boutique super funds, some with even with less than ...