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Super system needs work on environmental and governance factors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
Australia should be justifiably proud of its robust $2.3 trillion retirement system, but there's also serious room for improvement, according to a global asset manager. Natixis Global Asset Management's 2017 Global Retirement Index ranks Australia sixth ...

Asset managers feeling profit squeeze

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
Profit margins of asset managers globally contracted for the first time since the Global Financial Crisis, research from the Boston Consulting Group shows, warning fee pressures are continuing to rise across the industry. Despite global assets under ...

Good jobs, sluggish pay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
Although not completely gangbusters, the latest Australian labour market update provided another justification for the optimism and seemingly hawkish turn the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) conveyed in the minutes of its 4 July board meeting. The Australian ...

Morningstar partners to drive adviser ESG education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... millennials - for responsible investment strategies continues to grow," Pfeiffer said. Morningstar head of sustainability research Jon Hale said: "Clients are clearly interested in discussing ESG with their financial advisers, but the majority of advisers ...

The bull and bear market in iron ore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
Iron ore continues the uptrend that started in mid-June, reaching US$70.24 a tonne overnight. For the technically inclined, this puts iron ore in a bull market - defined as a 20% increase from its nearest bottom - that should encourage further prices ...

NAB sells down stake in $350bn asset consultant

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... diverse clients," Mulcahy said. As at 30 June 2017, JANA recorded funds under advice of more than $350 billion. From its research Rainmaker estimates JANA sources about $280 billion from not-for-profit funds and about 80% is from industry superannuation ...

Government shows commitment to funds management

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... $94.9 trillion dollar industry such as the United Kingdom (31%), Hong Kong (68.5%), Singapore (80%) and Luxembourg (99%). Research by Deloitte Access Economics for found that if Australia could grow overseas-sourced funds under management equal to that ...

Macquarie leads alternatives pack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
Global alternative assets under management rose 10% to US$4 trillion in the 12 months to December 2016, with Macquarie Group dominating the local sector. The annual Willis Towers Watson global alternatives survey of 562 investment managers (which included ...

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
Here we go again, extrapolating as we go. After projected to fall to US$0.70 (or less) only last month, the tide has turned for the Australian dollar after it jumped to a 26-month high versus the greenback to US$0.7933. It's now extrapolated to keep ...

Association launches retirement savings research hub

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... to enjoy a dignified and secure retirement. "The centre will also act as a clearing house for existing literature and research into retirement issues, as well as commission and conduct relevant research into these areas via teams of experienced researchers ...