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IOOF appoints new asset consultant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
IOOF Investments has announced its new asset consultant to replace Russell Investments. Mercer Australia is the new asset consultant, following Russell's contract with IOOF ending on 30 June. Russell notified IOOF at the end of 2016 of its intention ...

Competition would save Australians millions in super fees: Deloitte

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
Permitting the entrance of further competition in the superannuation marketplace would reduce fees by $292 million per year across 14 million MySuper accounts. A report issued by Deloitte Access Economics (DAE) finds that the facilitation of choice ...

SuperConcepts to close Victorian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Self-managed superannuation fund service provider SuperConcepts confirmed that its expansion in Adelaide will be at the expense of an office located in Glen Waverly, Victoria. Last week the AMP-owned business, in conjunction with the South Australian ...

Shadforth grows Queensland presence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Shadforth Financial Group is expanding in Queensland through the acquisition of a specialist advice firm to further strengthen wealth management capabilities. The Lyndhurst Family Advisory joins the Shadforth advice network, employing a holistic approach ...

EOFY: Super funds to hit double digit returns

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
Rainmaker analysis of super fund returns for 2016-17 shows this will be the eighth consecutive year of positive returns with cumulative returns since the GFC breaking through 90%. SelectingSuper expects the buoyant investment returns could see more ...

Former Ausbil managers start small-cap fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
The former managers of Ausbil's microcap team have started their own funds management firm. Tony Waters and Chris Prunty - who abruptly left Ausbil last month - have established QVG Capital with a view to officially launch in September. The firm's name ...

Zagga pitches alternative asset class

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
A new marketplace lender is hoping to turn traditional investing on its head with a pitch to wholesale and sophisticated investors. Speaking at Zagga's Australian launch event in Sydney, company chief executive Alan Greenstein told potential investors ...

Reflation narrative lacks substance: MFS

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
The growing consensus that the global economy is tilting back towards higher interest rates ignores persistent macroeconomic headwinds, according to MFS Investment Management chief investment officer, global fixed income Bill Adams. Speaking to Financial ...

Asset managers must overhaul operating model: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
Asset managers are finding it tough to achieve growth as a result of investors demanding better portfolio diversification and value for money. That is the view of about two-thirds of 500 global institutional investors highlighted in a State Street study ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen revealed her thoughts on inflation, inflation expectations and asset valuations when she spoke before the British Academy 'President's Lecture' in London last night. Yellen reiterated the message from the 14 June ...