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Former CFP GM joins industry super fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Former Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFP) general manager Harry Mitchell has signed on as an industry superannuation fund chief executive, joining Mine Wealth + Wellbeing from May. Mitchell led CFP for three-and-a-half years and entered the position ...

Super funds presented in-housing framework

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
The path for superannuation funds insourcing their investment management has become clearer with researchers developing an industry framework that tackles in-housing complexities. The framework was presented at a recent Centre for International Finance ...

Lifestage funds outperform early

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
Differences in the performance trends of MySuper single investment strategies and MySuper lifecycle products are beginning to emerge according to the latest Rainmaker research. Rainmaker recently combined the quarterly returns of both MySuper investment ...

QuietGrowth adds multi-risk portfolios

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
Robo-advice provider QuietGrowth has introduced multi-risk portfolios, along with a new client-side mobile app. The multi-risk solution allows clients to segment their savings into portfolios with different levels of risk, giving them finer control ...

Volatility driving SMSF diversification

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
A growing number of self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees are looking for greater diversification options in a bid to escape market volatility and reduce their exposure to the Australian share market, according to new research by AMP Capital. ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
Safe haven purchases, speculative positioning ahead of the fiscal year-end, repatriation, reduced interest rate yield differential, policy impotence... take your pick. The fact remains that the Japanese yen has appreciated - big time - vis-A -vis the ...

Australia, a tough nut to crack

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
Australia's brutally competitive investment market is much harder for overseas investment managers to crack than many realise, notes a leading US investment management consultant. Cerulli Associates has just released a client briefing about the Australian ...

FTSE Russell creates new China index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016

The lucky country may not be so for future generations

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
New research from MLC reveals a third of Australian parents think lack of financial planning will prevent their children from enjoying the same lifestyle as them, with nearly 60% of the 2,000 surveyed saying the next generation will never own their ...

HSBC joins mFund service

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
HSBC's online share trading platform has joined the Australian Securities Exchange's (ASX) mFund settlement service. The ASX said today's announcement brings the number of mFund distribution partners to 18, and there are now 22 mFund issuers or responsible ...