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Super guarantee of 12pct a mistake

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Assuming that saving for retirement is synonymous with superannuation is a mistake according to the Grattan Institute. In its latest research paper the institute claims the assumption is also a trigger behind misguided plans to increase superannuation ...

ING investment in digital to see 5800 job cuts

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
ING Group has announced it will be cutting 5800 jobs in Europe as the bank seeks to reduce costs and invest further in its digital transformation. Speaking at the ING Group Investor Day in Amsterdam, chief executive Ralph Hamers announced an investment ...

Vanguard reduces MERs on five funds

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Vanguard has lowered the management expense ratios on five of its Australian funds. The fee reductions apply to the Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield Fund (from 0.4% p.a. to 0.38%), Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index Fund (0.24% to 0.23%) ...

CommInsure under fire again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank has released an update on the ongoing independent review into its life insurance division CommInsure, following further accusations of misconduct. The review findings show the bank has retrieved and revised over five million documents ...

MDAs overhauled by new regulations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
The operation of limited MDAs is to be terminated under new, long-awaited regulatory reforms released by ASIC yesterday. The regulator has made amendments to Regulatory Guide 179, the most significant being the removal of the regulated platform no-action ...

Dark pools effective at reducing volatility spikes: Liquidnet

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Liquidnet research has shown that volatility of securities is reduced by over 103% in the minute before a block trade when using the firm's anonymous dark pool. The Liquidnet Block Study examined roughly 32,000 block trades - that is, trades executed ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Don't anticipate any further significant easing of monetary policy or any aggressive policy tightening any time soon, AllianceBernstein (AB) has said at a media briefing in Sydney. With its impact having been both minor and unpopular to date, any more ...

Former Russell CEO joins MLC trustee board

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
A former chief executive at Russell Investments is now on the board of NULIS Nominees, the trustee for the MLC Super Fund. Recently joining the NULIS board as an independent non-executive director is Alan Schoenheimer. He has more than 25 years' experience ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
US durable goods orders The latest update on total new durable goods orders could easily be taken as a positive for, despite a flat (0% growth) outcome in August from July, this was better than market expectations for a 1.9% decline and could be attributed ...

AMP Capital responds to ChinaAMC unitholder offer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Unitholders in the AMP Capital China Growth Fund (AGF), which is in the final stages of a wind-up, may receive an offer from China Asset Management (ChinaAMC). AMP Capital, AGF's responsible entity, said it was aware ChinaAMC intended to offer unitholders ...