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Good asset owners benchmarked at $30bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... management industry can forget two-and-twenty fee scales, closet index tracking, or low volatility active fund management. The latter is now under the microscope of some countries' regulators and they're starting to make statements about it potentially ...

SMSFA appoints academic to board

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... in superannuation, represent two areas that interest me enormously - post retirement solutions and innovation, with the latter aligning with my keen interest in fintech - and I look forward to being part of the future direction of the Association. "I ...

Funds management rife with "dressed up" performance data: Cerulli

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... clear whether the numbers in performance data are net or gross of fees. While consultants may be more forgiving of the latter issue, the overriding concern is that some managers are willing to 'fudge' their way to success." These issues were not restricted ...

Milliman calls out "failures of diversification"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... the S&P 500 to the S&P 500 15% Risk Controlled Index since 2009, and noted that while the former returned 111.31% and the latter 81.26%, because the risk-controlled strategy compounded from a higher base (thanks to greater capital protection during the ...

New Macquarie chair steps up

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... Management, ALE Property Group and OzForex Group. He was also a director at the ASX and the Sydney Futures Exchange (prior to the latter merging with the ASX in 2006). From 1988 to 1999, he was head of Bankers Trust Australia's financial markets group. ...

Little separates Australia's largest custodians

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... $2.9 trillion, about $2 trillion represents Australian assets and the remaining $926 billion is in foreign assets - the latter represented an increase of 8.6%. The level of Australian AUC for foreign clients (sub-custody) grew by 3.3% to $1.2 trillion. ...

ME lifts profit 8pct

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... 347,000. Net interest income increased 9% to $149.3 million and total operating expenses increased 7% to $133.2 million, the latter reflecting the ongoing investment in technology and the brand. On the technology front, ME's new mobile app, which launched ...

Advisers looking for longevity and aged care solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... layering the age pension, an annuity payment and an account-based pension through the entire retirement life-cycle, with the latter tapering off during the passive phase through to aged care. Aged Care Steps co-founder Louise Biti then took the discussion ...

Zurich launches LIF support initiative

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... themselves ahead of the July 1 transition. The blueprints were developed following extensive consultation with advisers in the latter part of 2015, and also reflect previously released Zurich research which showed that: advisers were planning to expand ...

AMP Capital adds infra fund to SMSF suite

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... infrastructure. The fund invests in a targeted 50/50 mix of direct infrastructure and listed infrastructure securities, the latter to provide investors with liquidity. SMSF trustees can invest in the AMP Capital Core Infrastructure Fund with a minimum ...