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Research house launches direct ratings system

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Independent researcher Defaqto has launched a ratings system addressed at consumers who want to purchase financial products without going through an adviser. The Life Assurance Star Ratings identifies over 50 direct life insurance products and rates ...

Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Investment consultant Towers Watson has thrown its support behind smart beta approaches to investment, recommending institutional investors revisit their equity strategies to incorporate the lower cost products. In a new publication, Global equity investing ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
You can almost taste it. It's nearly here. That time of year when that age-old Wall Street adage tells us to go away. May is coming! And right on cue, we get spooks from renewed and escalated tension in the Ukraine and more evidences of a slowing China ...

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has given the strongest signal yet that cuts to the Age Pension will headline a raft of belt-tightening measures in the upcoming Budget. In a speech at Sydney's Doltone House yesterday, the Treasurer said that Australia's spending ...

Big obstacles for funds going it alone on PE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
Private equity (PE) returns may be stronger than we think and while this is attracting super funds to direct their own PE investment placements, this approach is not for everybody, reveals new research from McKinsey & Company. The global management ...

PM Capital Emerging Asia added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
The PM Capital Emerging Asia Fund has been added to the Macquarie Wrap platform. PM Capital is a bottom-up stock-picker whose approach is based on fundamental analysis. The fund manager said that this philosophy is important to differentiate the strategy ...

Risk management top concern for sovereign wealth funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
The majority of sovereign wealth funds and central banks globally have said risk management is a major concern, according to a recent survey carried out by State Street Corporation. The 'New Horizons for Official Institutions' report, released today ...

PROFILE: Cbus chief executive David Atkin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
"An idyllic tropical life" is how David Atkin describes his childhood in Papua New Guinea. While his parents taught in a local school, he spent his days "wandering around the forest, being looked after by the locals, exploring every day, having a lot ...

Super fund custody 'fee holidays' revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Custodians have been offering their services to superannuation funds for free in a move to undercut the competition. Financial Standard understands that Citi, for example, provided an 18-month fee holiday to HOSTPLUS, whose business it won from J.P. ...

Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
The Economics Committee conducting the inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will present the Senate with "a widespread report that will include the industries' black holes and dark corners." The ...