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Macquarie launches robo-advice service

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Macquarie has launched the digital advice service it announced in November 2015. OwnersAdvisory provides custom portfolio advice across all standard asset classes, determining allocation based on personal goals and a generated risk profile. It sources ...

ETF revenue doubling every 18 months

JOHN DYALL  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... was Vanguard coming and offering a very similar product at around half the cost. The Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS) has assets of $1.3 billion, very strong net inflows, 12 month revenue of $1.7 million and fees of 0.15%pa. The main difference ...

ACSI and TIAA-CREF drive poll voting

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
About three quarters of ASX200 companies now use poll voting at their annual general meetings according to the latest data from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). In addition, ACSI said less than 10% of ASX100 companies still ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Australia's large institutions must tread carefully if they are to adapt their workforces to the monumental changes resulting from process automation in what has been dubbed "the second machine age." A 2015 PwC report said nearly half of the jobs in ...

Calastone hires senior Macquarie executive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
Global fund transaction network Calastone has appointed a director of business development for Australia and New Zealand. Former Macquarie Bank executive Tony Nejasmic will work closely with platforms and fund managers who are increasingly adopting ...

Lifecycle funds startlingly varied

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
New research into lifecycle superannuation funds shows little consistency between approaches and vast gulfs in exposure to equity risk across similar age cohorts. Industry researcher Rainmaker has turned its eye to the product segment as the depth of ...

BGL joins DomaCom in fight for Kidman

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
Fractional property investment fund DomaCom has secured a new partner in its crowd-funding bid to acquire the Kidman Station pastoral holdings. BGL Corporate Solutions, a cloud-based SMSF administration solution, is backing DomaCom's Kidman Station ...

Default super should have base ESG standard: RIAA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) is calling for default superannuation investments to include a base level of environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. In its latest discussion paper RIAA has proposed MySuper products ...

Governance becoming key investor concern

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Corporate governance is becoming a key differentiator for investors, according to Aberdeen Asset Management. Based on a survey of 293 institutional investors, trustees, managers and consultants in the UK, Europe, North America, Canada and Asia-Pacific ...

Vanguard Australian Shares leads monthly ETF inflows

JOHN DYALL  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... international strategies (only 30% of its 12 month average). In Australian equities, the Vanguard Australian Shares Index Fund (VAS) dominated, with net flows of $197 million - nearly three times its rolling 12 month average. The second largest intake ...