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UK corporate pension deficit swells

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016

... exacerbated the problems many companies already faced in funding defined-benefit pension schemes, according to the Financial Times. Defined-benefit schemes use the average yields of high-quality bonds to calculate their future liabilities, so lower yields ...

BlackRock publishes staff gender split

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016

... Investment and Capital Group also publish similar statistics. The breakdown the investment companies provided to the Financial Times showed that although women account for nearly half of their workforce, they often represent just 25% of senior executives. ...

Negative interest rates drive spike in safe sales

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016

... even longer, even the banks are considering stepping up their abilities to hold physical cash. According to the Financial Times, unnamed sources at German bank Commerzbank say it is considering storing cash in vaults. Other reports say some savings banks ...

New ETFs launched to cater for BOJ stimulus

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016

... monthly ETF buying spree having already bought more than 50% of Japan's Y15 trillion "plain vanilla" market, the Financial Times reported. The aims of the policy are twofold: help Japan's deflation busting quantitative easing programme and further Prime ...

Dear Chancellor

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016

"UK inflation climbs to highest in a year" (Irish Times). "UK inflation nudges up to 12-month high" (Financial Times). "UK inflation gathers steam in January" (Business Spectator). In a world where low and/or declining prices have become the norm, headlines ...

Vanguard notches fourth successive year of record inflows

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016

... asset management industry. It has led to a meaningful effect on the fees charged by its competitors," he told the Financial Times. Part of Vanguard's rise could be explained by comments made by the industry's most famous active managers, Warren Buffett. ...

UK regulator targets conflicts in investment consulting

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015

... investment services were given without a competitive tender. The chief executive of a large UK pension fund told the Financial Times, under condition of anonymity: "There can be no doubt [investment consulting] is a conflicted business model. How can ...

British Airways to clash in court with pension trustee

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015

... months to 30 March 2015 totalled $11.86 billion, or roughly 44% of total contributions to the product type. The Financial Times reports that the dispute stems from the UK government's 2010 decision to link pension increases for retired public sector ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015

... Investment Fund Managers Directive have heightened the regulatory environment that funds are facing. A recent Financial Times investigation found that European institutional investors had pulled a net $8.2 billion (US$6.8 billion) from hedge funds since ...

Market to open lower

AAP | FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015

... despite gainers such as British publisher Pearson which announced it was selling its flagship business daily the Financial Times to Japanese digital media group Nikkei. The euro firmed to $US1.0966 from $US1.0926 late in New York on Wednesday, as Greece ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI | 12:42PM

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI | 12:34PM

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI | 12:17PM

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA | 12:29PM

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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