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Industry funds spend millions on advertising

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Industry superannuation funds are spending millions of dollars a year on advertising, with some funds' expenditure even exceeding that spent by banks on their own superannuation advertising campaigns, figures released by Nielsen show. However, overall ...

CFS outlines post-awards plans

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Colonial First State (CFS) has revealed how it will approach a post-awards environment, including the use of advisers and targeting business bank customers. The fund management and super arm of banking giant Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has ...

Henderson reports record profit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
... Roger Thompson added: "In Australia, we are continuing to build our distribution strength and are launching a new retail fund range. 2013 saw us make significant changes to the structure and people in retail distribution globally and we are reaping the ...

Treasury Group's FUM up on retail inflows

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... 31 December 2013 was $19.1 billion, an increase of $2.2 billion or 13% on H1 FY2013 ($17 billion). The group said retail fund inflows from RARE, IML and Celeste are driving net margins higher. Average net margin was 58 bps for H1 FY2014 (excluding Trilogy) ...

Removal of super from awards top priority: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has called for superannuation to be taken out of the modern awards system, a move it believes would improve competition among super funds and ultimately benefit members. In its submission to the government discussion ...

BT reveals post-awards strategy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
BT Financial Group will pitch its MySuper product to at least 30,000 employers via Westpac's business bank should the government proceed with its plan to take superannuation out of modern awards. Vicki Doyle, head of corporate and retail super at BT ...

Altair launches two funds for retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
Altair Asset Management has launched two Australian equity funds for the retail market. The Altair Income Fund focuses on sustainable dividend income while the Altair Advantage Fund aims to achieve medium to long term capital growth. Altair is a high ...

3D mutual fund launched in US

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
US mutual fund group Outlook Funds Trust has launched what it claims is the world's first retail fund focused on giving investors exposure to the 3D printing sector. "3D printing has evolved into a major industry," Alan M Meckler, the fund's senior ...

Retail funds close member satisfaction gap

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... industry funds on average scoring 1.4% higher than retail funds. A year ago the difference was almost 8%. Of the big five retail fund providers (the big four banks plus AMP), AMP scored lowest at 46.4%, followed by ANZ. Public sector funds, meanwhile ...

Lifecycle the future of pensions globally: Mercer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
Lifecycle strategies are the future of both retail and industry superannuation, despite the latter so far favouring the static strategic asset allocation (SAA) for their MySuper options, according to Mercer senior partner Graeme Mather. Researched released ...