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Return to value-based investing on horizon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
A return to value-based investing is on the cards with several indicators demonstrating that global and domestic economies have reached an inflection point, an Australian fund manager says. Perennial Value Management says this inflection point could ...

QSuper on track to become public offer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
QSuper is set to become a public offer fund by 30 June next year should its proposal receive federal regulatory approval. The $65 billion fund was granted the move by Queensland parliament early this morning, legislating to lift restrictions on who ...

Life insurance legacy faces more scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
Australia's life insurance regulator is renewing calls to rationalise legacy products that have plagued the industry with poor consumer outcomes and operational complexities. APRA member Geoff Summerhayes told a parliamentary inquiry on the life insurance ...

FOS and CIO should merge: report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
The Financial Ombudsman Service and the Credit and Investments Ombudsman would be better off as a single entity, according to a new Financial Counselling Australia report. The report, based on a survey of FCA members, found that 75% of financial counsellors ...

Class integrates with fintech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
Class has partnered with a leading automated investment adviser and fund manager. The software provider's Class Portfolio - its investment accounting and reporting solution for non-SMSF portfolios - has integrated with Stockspot to provide a tax reporting ...

ANZ has little time for robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott said the bank won't be embracing robo-advice any time soon. Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event in Sydney yesterday, Elliott told attendees that ANZ's focus moving forward is on becoming the best bank in the world ...

Mercer principal joins IMCA board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... senior consulting, actuarial and fiduciary roles. Also appointed to the board is former Franklink Templeton head of institutional sales Keri Pratt, Lodrino's Annika Bradley, and Frontier Advisors director Kim Bowater. IMCA Australia chair Brett Elvish ...

ASIC falls on fund disclosure sword

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
ASIC has bowed to superannuation industry lobbying and extended the transition period for funds to comply with updated fee and cost disclosure requirements under RG97. In September, ASIC Commissioner Greg Tanzer told the Australian Superannuation Investment ...

MySuper lifecycle funds lead the pack

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
The latest Rainmaker Information report indicates several bank-owned MySuper products are increasing their position in the highly competitive superannuation marketplace, especially through lifecycle funds. Rainmaker's September quarter MySuper report ...

Franklin Templeton reveals new operating structure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... distribution team. The new structure will see the formation of three dedicated groups to focus on and service the institutional, financial institutions and family office/IFA client segments. As a result Franklin Templeton has made three internal appointments ...