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Defensive pension pots just won't last

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Portfolio diversification and a greater allocation to growth assets are likely to help retirees make their superannuation last longer, according to modelling by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and State Street Global Advisors ...

ASX: The people's platform

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
The ASX's drive into wealth management has been so successful it is now in effect Australia's seventh largest wealth management platform. Research by Rainmaker released earlier this year revealed that the combined funds under administration (FUA) in ...

DeVere helped US press expose investment fraud

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Global adviser group deVere provided evidence of what a spokesperson described as "one of the largest financial scams in history" to a US-based investigative news service. DeVere, which has recently been expanding its Australian operations, worked with ...

Life cover shifting to younger, lower-income households

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Appetite for life insurance is growing in younger, lower-income households and dropping in older, more affluent demographic groups. This is the conclusion of TAL's 2015 Australian Financial Protection Index, based on an online survey of 1,266 Australians ...

Solid growth in ING DIRECT super business

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
ING DIRECT Australia has reported a 78% increase in funds under management in its superannuation business in the last year, taking total FUM to $1.1 billion. The company also achieved a net profit after tax of $297 million for the 12 months to 31 December ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
Former Platinum deputy chief investment officer Jacob Mitchell has launched a new high conviction global equity boutique called Antipodes Global Investment Partners, three months after resigning from star manager Kerr Neilson's firm. Mitchell and his ...

BT adds managed funds to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
BT Financial Group will add managed funds to its Panorama investment platform, which in the future will also offer individual equities and advanced portfolio management for advisers. BT Managed Portfolios will offer advisers and their clients a simple ...

China millennials dictate future of emerging-market investment

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
The rise of affluent Chinese "millennials" is driving changes in the emerging-market investment space, according to AB. China has an estimated 300 million people born between 1980 and 2000, and this generation is distinct from those previous in that ...

Not over yet for active management

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
Active management isn't dying but it needs to re-invent itself so it can compete against low cost technology operators that are fundamentally challenging its business model. "It isn't dead but the market is playing hard to get," said Olivier d'Assier ...

FEATURE: How ETFs are changing adviser asset allocation thinking

LAURA MILLAN, ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
According to Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) numbers, exchange traded funds now represent over $15 billion in funds under management, more than tripling their value since 2010. Moreover, the vast majority of ETF growth (86% as at 31 December 2014) has ...