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ASIC launches LIF instrument

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
ASIC launched a new instrument cementing the maximum amount of fees and ongoing commissions advisers can charge on life insurance products as part of industry-wide reforms. The Life Insurance Commissions Instrument will cap advisers' commissions and ...

Super funds and CEFC join investment forces

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
Hostplus, Future Super, Australian Ethical Investment and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have raised $26 million for the Clean Energy Seed Fund to be run by specialised investment manager Artesian. The fund will invest in startups at seed stage ...

Super funds condemn Trump climate withdrawal

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), representing $1.5 trillion in funds under management, has condemned US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the country from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Trump justified the ...

ASIC delays super disclosure reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
ASIC is once again deferring multiple Stronger Super reforms so as to allow time for relevant legislation to finalise. Product dashboard requirements for choice products and portfolio holdings disclosure requirements will be delayed for two years - ...

Global asset management fees continue to fall

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Funds management fees have fallen globally across several asset classes amid rising competition from cheaper products and greater scrutiny by investors looking to cut costs. The latest bfinance report examines the fees of more than 160 money managers ...

ANZ Wealth adds SMAs to platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
ANZ Wealth is introducing Separately Managed Accounts as part of its Grow Wrap investment platform with the aim to provide greater flexibility for investors. Under the move, ANZ Wealth will introduce 13 new Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) to professionally ...

Finding quality in small caps

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
Small-cap portfolios are becoming a critical driver of long-term returns for investors - but only if they know how to use them. New research from Activus Investment Advisors demonstrates that small caps traditionally outperform large companies in bull ...

Kinetic Super improves insurance offering

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
Industry super fund Kinetic super is upgrading its insurance offering to maximise members' insurance protection at times when they can afford it and reduce it or switch it off when they can't. The upgrades, aimed at the recruitment industry and Australia's ...

ASIC boosts support for regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... hire more staff to manage these issues. A key message organisations want to send regulatory bodies is to reduce the amount of red tape and pace of change (62%). Anthony Quinn, co-founder of AML Accelerate - a regtech combatting anti-money laundering ...

Tech industry opens niche markets for advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
Financial advisers can expect to have more clients working in information and communication technologies (ICT) after new research found there could be 722,000 professionals in the industry by 2022. The forecast came from the latest Australia's Digital ...