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DNR scores high in first Zenith SMA review

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
Zenith has commenced reporting on the Australian equities separately-managed accounts (SMA) sector, awarding DNR Capital three "recommended" ratings in the process. DNR Capital's Australian Equities Income Portfolio, Australian Equities High Conviction ...

Effective data management key to engagement: ISWG

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group is seeking to enhance member insurance outcomes by improving access to timely and relevant information. In its latest discussion paper the group called on superannuation funds to develop an insurance data ...

Property overpowers asset class returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
Residential property outperformed other asset classes, generating 8.1% and 10.3% per annum returns over a 10 and 20-year period respectively, new research on long-term investing shows. Australian listed property however, is the worst-performing asset ...

Cheaper imports

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
It got less press than the June quarter CPI report - which showed inflation in Australia remained below the RBA's target in the June quarter - but the Australian bank governor Philip Lowe's address to the Anika Foundation luncheon in Sydney was held ...

Suncorp Tower takeover denied by competition watchdog

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
Fears that "substantially lessened" competition in New Zealand's personal insurance market would result from Suncorp's takeover of Tower has led to the New Zealand Commerce Commission denying the proposed merger. In a statement commission chairman Mark ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
Australian inflation has decelerated - headline inflation slowed to 1.9% in the year to the June quarter from 2.1% in the March quarter. Yet it's also picked up - the weighted median up to 1.8% from 1.7%; but it's also flat - a trimmed mean steady at ...

APRA cuts red tape on superannuation transfers

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
APRA is reducing the barriers for super funds to transfer members and merge or wind up products following industry consultation. The regulator's Prudential Practice Guide SPG 227 Successor Fund Transfers and Wind-ups (SPG 227) widens the definition ...

Managing the three pillars of retirement

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
Retirement income products need to be designed around three investment objectives: increasing income, reducing risk and maximising returns. Speaking at the inaugural Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement Income, Vertium Asset Management ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
In his interview with 'The Independent' earlier this month, the Bank of England's (BOE) MPC external member Gertjan Vlieghe cautioned: "This is an environment where a premature hike would be a bigger mistake than one that turns out to be slightly late." ...

Industry funds sign off on $45 billion merger

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
Industry superannuation funds Kinetic Super and Sunsuper signed a Successor Fund Transfer deed, authorising a merger of the two funds. The process, which began in April this year, sees the merged entity become one of the nation's biggest superannuation ...