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Defensive pension pots just won't last

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... framework that governs these products has been overly prescriptive, which has slowed innovation and hindered product development."

Islamic investment delivers strong return for Crescent Wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... fund's revenue comes from North America, 17% from Europe and 21% from Asia. Crescent Wealth director of strategy and development Omar Khan said that most of the fund's 3,500 members are part of Australia's Islamic community, but added that the fund's ...

Client satisfaction up despite bad press

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... capabilities across six key business drivers, and identify those that were their immediate priority for innovation and development during 2015. Amongst the highest priority gaps to be addressed by respondents was customer communication, which 66% indicated ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... US$0.7582 on 11 March. It's buying around US$0.7879 this morning. The Australian stock market sees this as a positive development in the sense that it has cemented expectations for an RBA rate cut (to lower the A$ exchange rate) - on the first Tuesday ...

Actuaries Institute demands long term policy focus

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... retirement income is more important than "short-term policy changes." "A coherent overarching framework will allow development of an efficient long-term retirement incomes strategy... Constant short-term change and tinkering involves a significant and ...

CommInsure recruits BT exec for head of annuities role

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... Prior to that, he spent five years in ING's Wealth Management business in several roles, including head of product development, where he led a team responsible for the development of retirement income and investment solutions for the Australian market. ...

CMSF closes with focus on policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... one third of independents: "this both maintains the equal representative nature and while also allowing for board development." He added: "We do not subscribe to the pure competition theory that any MySuper product should be allowed to be a default option ...

Future Fund fills head of infra vacancy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... roles with ABN AMRO in Chicago and Sydney. As head of infrastructure and timberland Norris will lead the continued development of the Fund's infrastructure portfolio, currently valued at over $8 billion. She will help lead the construction of the overall ...

FIIG inks $60m corporate bond deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... tenors and also offering investors the option to invest in fixed and / or floating rate bonds, in another positive development for the expanding Australian bond market for midsized corporates."

AMP launches goals-based investment site

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... to goals-based investing implement it in their practices." Ipac chief investment officer Jeff Rogers will lead the development of the firm's new goals-based offerings. "Success of a goals-based strategy is not about outperforming benchmarks or competitors. ...