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Class integrates with startup to help advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
Class has partnered with an online platform and mobile app aimed at assisting advisers in making better informed decisions. The platform, Simply Wall St, analyses over 15,000 individual stocks in Australia, the US and UK and also examines investment ...

Investors hard up for alternatives opportunities

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
Fund terms set by alternatives managers are turning away institutional investors, according to Preqin research. Preqin's survey of 490 institutional investors suggests that "at least" 80% of respondents had previously decided not to invest in an alternatives ...

Managed portfolios vital for SMSF diversification

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
International managed portfolios are vital for self-managed super funds to diversify their portfolios, according to head of marketing and distribution at HUB24, Wes Gillett. Carrying the benefits of transparency, control of tax and reduction in costs ...

VanEck resources ETF upgraded by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
VanEck has had the rating for its Australian Resources ETF (MVR) upgraded to 'Recommended Index' by Lonsec. The rating indicates that Lonsec has strong conviction that the ETF can generate risk adjusted returns in line with relevant objectives. The ...

Fears of increased compliance costs misguided

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
A financial services technology firm says transparent risk and governance measures have always been fundamental to the delivery of 'true' digital financial advice. Decimal believes compliance should already be at the core of robo-advice platforms utilised ...

Netwealth enters fintech partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Australia's largest non-institutional platform, Netwealth, has entered an exclusive platform arrangement with a global fintech firm. Through the arrangement TipRanks will provide research on all major shares listed on US markets, to assist advisers ...

Legg Mason Brandywine fund gets top rating again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
The Legg Mason Brandywine Global Opportunistic Fixed Income Trust has been awarded a "Highly Recommended" rating by Lonsec for a third straight year. The rating coincides with the fund surpassing $500 million in assets under management in Australia ...

Tribeca to compete with overseas hedge funds

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Tribeca Investment Partners has launched a Cayman vehicle for its Global Natural Resources Fund to meet international investor demand. The fund, a global long-short natural resources strategy, primarily focuses on large cap equities but invests in other ...

ING DIRECT pays up for "no fees" super marketing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
ING DIRECT is returning a total of $5 million to members of its superannuation fund, Living Super, and will no longer promote the product as having "no fee" after the financial services regulator raised concerns about how fees on its cash option were ...

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Superannuation has recently received plenty of oxygen in the political atmosphere and fund disclosure is yet another bubble quickly rising. As super funds and regulators work towards several disclosure deadlines in 2017, industry representative groups ...