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Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
A Budget here, and a Budget there, Budget, Budget, everywhere a Budget. Yes Virginia, it's Budget overload, there's wall to wall coverage of the Australian Federal government's 2017/18 Budget - before, during and after - its big reveal on the evening ...

VFMC analyst joins DMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... equities manager with more than 12 years' experience in financial markets. Prior to VFMC, Bell also worked as an equity research analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and as an investment analyst at Guild Capital Asset Management. DMP chief executive ...

Tax relief for merging super funds extended

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... superannuation funds have recently flagged their desire to merge, including Kinetic Super and Sunsuper. According to Rainmaker research, half of all prudentially regulated super funds hold less than $1 billion in superannuation savings. Superannuation ...

Government puts stopper on Future Fund drawdowns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... million to $78 million next year, followed by $81 million in 2019-20 and $84 million in 2020-2021. According to Rainmaker research, the Future Fund Management Agency was managing $146 billion as at 31 December 2016 and was Australia's largest institutional ...

Asia-Pacific needs more retirement income specialists: Milliman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Populations in East Asia and the Pacific are ageing faster than other regions in the world but many nations are yet to develop comprehensive retirement income systems. Global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman said across the Asia-Pacific consumers ...

ESG holds key to adviser client retention

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... is a lot more interested in these issues and having advisers and planners take this on board," Hodnett said. Calvert Research and Management director of responsible investment strategy, Anthony Eames, said the Eaton Vance Adviser Top of Mind Survey - ...

SMSF rollovers hit $8 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
Retail superannuation funds accounted for more than half of the $8.1 billion rolled in to self-managed super funds in the 12 months to June 2016. Rainmaker analysis of APRA data also shows retail super funds made up nine of the biggest 10 outflows to ...

VanEck partners to launch ETF model portfolios

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... advisers using exchange-traded funds, in partnership with an investment researcher. Using Lonsec's portfolio construction research, the VanEck ETF Model Portfolio series comprises balanced, growth and high growth options. Each ETF included in the portfolios ...

Budget Eve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
One day, nine hours, 13 minutes, and 55 seconds. This is the time remaining (and counting down) before us, Australians all, find out what the government has in store for us when it releases the Budget Papers 2017-18 at approximately 7.30pm (AEST) on ...

Fund managers on fixed income recruitment drive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... focus on bottom-up credit portfolio management. Before this role, Jaehne was a director at Fitch Ratings and a senior research analyst at McKinsey and Company. AMP Capital's global fixed income team also recently announced two internal appointments ...