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Advice industry compensation bill hits $37m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... the period. The life insurance industry remains highly concentrated, with the top five life insurers accounting for 81% of gross industry assets, APRA said. There are seven large diversified insurers, four insurance risk specialists, 11 small or niche ...

Vanguard aims to defuse the active debate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... passive. If they do, then the decision to allocate to an appropriate active-passive mix can be further broken down into gross alpha expectations, the cost of the selected active manager, the level of active risk and an investor's risk tolerance. "We ...

India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... manufacturing and services sectors surveyed by the Reserve Bank weakened in Q2 of 2017-18." These prompted the RBI to lower its gross value added (GVA) 2017/18 growth projection to 6.7% from 7.3% predicted in August. Indian GDP slowed to 5.7% in the ...

NZ Super Fund invests in Aussie farm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlights opportunities for institutional investors; during 2015-16, the gross value of Australian agriculture increased by 6% to $56 billion. NZ Super has NZ$35.7 billion in assets under management.

Lack of expertise driving down competition: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... The situation was broadly similar in the life insurance industry, where the five largest insurers account for over 80% of gross industry assets as at June 2017. "This level of concentration has been relatively stable despite a gradual reduction in the ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... economy. The Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) 'Household Income Account' report showed that the annual growth rate in gross disposable income slowed from 2.1% in the March quarter to a near eight-year low of 2% in the June quarter. The drag on consumer ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... identify outperforming managers. If not, one should allocate 100% to passive; if yes, one should then ask key questions about gross alpha expectation and risk tolerance prior to finding an adequate active-passive mix. "In this debate, everyone wants ...

Centrepoint Alliance seeks new MD, records strong FY17 profit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... firms to its network over 12 months. Funds under management and administration saw a 19% increase to $3.7 billion, while gross inflows increased 23% to $1.1 billion. Contributing to this was a 250% growth in the use of managed accounts. According to ...

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... effective 1 October 2017. Intrust Super chief executive Brendan O'Farrell said premiums will drop from 0.7% to 0.615% of gross income based on a member default 21-day waiting period. In dollar terms, this equates to $7 per $1000 of cover to $6.15 per ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... of year-on-year contractions. This is hardly surprising given the latest available stats on household income and savings. Gross disposable income growth eased to 1.8% in the year to the March 2017 quarter - the slowest since the GFC low of 1.8% (December ...