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Efficiency key to performance in low-return world

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Institutions are looking for custodians to improve administrative efficiency to boost performance in a low-return climate, according to BNP Paribas research. BNP's Investment and Operations Outlook 2016 report includes research based on a survey of ...

Treasurer flags super cap exemptions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison has flagged that lottery wins and inheritances are unlikely to be included as exemptions around the $500,000 cap on post-tax superannuation contributions. Speaking with Sky News yesterday, Morrison said although inheritances ...

Combination of fiscal and monetary policy essential for Japan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Japan must look to a combination of fiscal and monetary policy if it wishes to achieve the structural reform as set out in the third arrow of Abenomics, according to QIC Shocking global markets with the announcement of negative cash rates in late January ...

IFM and QIC to compete for Port of Melbourne

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Both IFM Investors and QIC have been given the green light to progress respective consortium bids to acquire the 50-year lease of the Port of Melbourne. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it will not oppose the two separate ...

Futuro completes restructure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Futuro Financial Services has completed a 12 month restructure of its wider business and executive team. The restructure has seen Dennis Bashford step aside as managing director and into the role of executive chair. Bashford has now fully handed over ...

ANZ partners with Mercer for retiree portfolios

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
ANZ Wealth has partnered with Mercer to develop new model portfolios for retirees. The portfolios will be distributed via ANZ Wealth aligned licensees and focus on diversification across asset classes. Each is based on a particular investment objective ...

Adviser ETF survey winners announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
Financial Standard is pleased to announce the winners of two cash voucher prizes as it reveals the results of an extensive survey into advisers' use of exchange traded funds. The survey, which was designed to help Financial Standard understand how ETFs ...

Investors missing healthy returns amid bond fears

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
The fear of negative interest rates keeping retail investors out of bond markets isn't just overlooking the defensive role of the asset class within portfolios, it's also leaving a surprisingly healthy return on the table. That's an argument put forward ...

Scholarship launched to support female planners

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
Griffith Business School and SunSuper have partnered to introduce a scholarship to assist women in the financial planning industry. Scholarship recipients will receive $5,000 to put towards their studies and will also be offered either work experience ...

Standard Life appoints RI analysts

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
Standard Life Investments has appointed two responsible investment analysts. Marc Brammer joins Standard Life from Inflection Point Capital Management, where he was a senior adviser for research and data management. Prior to that, he was an independent ...