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Majority of Masterfunds see losses

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... Master Trust net flows to $4.1 billion (20.6%). The top two companies, BT ($27.4 billion) and AMP ($26.8 billion), control close to 52% of the Master Trust business.

Two advice firms to get managed accounts

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
Advice firms Choice Capital and Ashfords Wealth Advisors will have access to a diversified suite of SMAs managed by Beulah Capital. Non-institutional platform provider, Netwealth, has teamed up with Beulah Capital, to launch two new private label managed ...

ASIC puts culture top of mind

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
On the minds of governments, regulators, boards, executives and customers, ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, heralded culture to be "the new black". Speaking at the Thomson Reuters 4th Annual Australian Regulatory Summit in Sydney, Medcraft said as a key ...

Ratings upgrade for VanEck, PM Capital

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... respectively. Lonsec assigned a 'Recommended Index' rating to VanEck's IFRA, citing VanEck's track record in managing ETFs and close working relationship of the global business as reasons for the rating. The Lonsec report also noted that the likelihood ...

Parting could be such sweet sorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... sure. Speaking of fear, the ever-reliable VIX index - the fear gauge - has risen to a high of just 20.97 (13 June) this close to the referendum. For perspective, the VIX index reached 40.74 back in August last year following China's devaluation of the ...

Align with super's purpose, not politics

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Self-managed superannuation fund investors who are nervous about making decisions because of impending federal government changes to taxation must realign their focus with super's purpose. BT Financial Group head of financial literacy and advocacy ...

MSCI delays China A shares inclusion in indices

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Global index provider MSCI has delayed including mainland China-listed equities, known as A shares, in its MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Over recent months Chinese authorities have introduced significant improvements in the accessibility of the China ...

Industry fund awards $500m mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
An industry superannuation fund has placed $500 million with IFM Investors' global indexed equity strategy. HESTA's large investment marks the first mandate for the recently-launched strategy and IFM Investors chief executive Brett Himbury said the ...

Sentry and IRESS partner for new tech solution

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... executive and chairman, Murray Hills said: "Branded and promoted as SENTRAK, the technology solution has been developed in close partnership with IRESS and demonstrates the national licensee's commitment to the principles of best practice and future ...

Advisers see value in degree

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... professionalise the industry, with a further 49.4% believing it will improve the confidence of consumers in seeking financial advice. Close to three in four (74.3%) believe that a 24-subject bachelor's degree with a broad scope of financial planning ...