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Vanguard aims to defuse the active debate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
New research from Vanguard argues that the decision to allocate to active or index strategies - or both - should be based on a systematic process, not emotions and personal preferences. Vanguard, which manages more than US$1 trillion in active money ...

Active the best way forward for super: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
An Australian investment consultant and research specialist is further endorsing that superannuation fund trustees adopt active management in the best interests of members. Peterson Research Institute founder and director John Peterson issued a media ...

Aussie super maintains good grades

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Australia's $2.3 trillion retirement income system remains world-class but maintaining its global top-three status is proving ever more difficult. The 2017 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, released today, shows that for the second consecutive ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Good, bad or ugly, there were events a-plenty last week for speculators and investors to digest for guidance on what lies ahead. There's the lingering North Korean nuclear threat - although this has barely made it to headlines over the past week; there's ...

SelectingSuper finalists announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... significant contribution to superannuation in Australia. Finalists for each category have been assessed by the Rainmaker research team based on consistency of performance across their menu range, price value, insurance value across their policy range ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
It's a wonderful set of numbers that came just in the nick of time for the estimated 900 workers who'll be finishing at Holden's car manufacturing plant in Adelaide today. For as that door closes, another opens. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

Markets prompt adviser asset allocation review: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... portfolio in uncertain times - this reduces the need for the investor to intervene, he said. According to Morningstar research, the use of real return funds has more than quadrupled in the past five years and now accounts for nearly $10 billion in assets ...

UniSuper builds equities team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... the super fund as a senior analyst for infrastructure, was formally the head of infrastructure, utilities and transport research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for more than 13 years. Andrew Hill, who also hailed from Bank of America Merrill Lynch ...

Business benefits of managed accounts mounting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... Financial advisers using managed accounts are saving more than 14 hours a week on compliance and administrative tasks. Latest research from BT Financial Group, conducted by Investment Trends in July, demonstrates advisers recommending managed accounts ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Back in the day - in the 1990s - when I still had a full head of hair, we placed great importance to the Fed's Beige Book report for it was up there with major indicators like employment and inflation that spark major market movements. The US Federal ...