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AMPFPA action progresses, associations merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... voted in favour of the move at annual general meetings held in Melbourne last week. Macdonald said the merger will ensure one sound voice for AMP-aligned advisers in challenging times. "It is important to remember that despite the headlines, collectively ...

Problems persist with PYSP communication: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... failure to highlight the impact of account proliferation, influencing of members to make certain decisions, and the use of just one channel to communicate with members. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press said a superannuation trustee's approach to member ...

Chief economist update: It's the US consumer, stupid me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... rise and rise in the US equity market - the S&P 500 index hit another record high overnight - and the unemployment rate just one tick above the 50-year low of 3.5%, that means more Americans participating in the 401(k) retirement plan, that means greater ...

Pendal cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... Emerging Markets (Standard) Index (Net Dividends) in AUD. However, at December end, it was underperforming the benchmark for one, two, three and five years. The second half of 2019 was particularly bad, with the fund returning 1.94% over the six months ...

Advice industry compresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... were Canaccord Genuity Patersons which picked up 117 advisers, E.L. & C. Baillieu which picked up 109 and Fortnum with 81. One of the big changes in the industry has been and remains the growth in reliance on managed accounts. Managed accounts funds ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... 7.8%. These latest figures are according to the Thinking Ahead Institute's Global Pension Assets Study. Australia remains one of the largest pension markets in the world as part of the P7 (the seven largest markets for pension assets) with Canada ...

More engagement with custodians needed: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... of new technologies. "It is interesting to reflect on the level of change the industry has experienced in the past decade. One of the most significant trends has been growing demand for data, along with a growing awareness by clients that one size does ...

Super fund admits its gender pay gap increased

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... impacted the organisational pay gap." At the senior management level, Future Super has a gender pay gap favouring men of 28.9%. "One outlier salary heavily distorts the pay gap figure at this level, due to the small size of the team (seven people)," ...

Australia's fastest growing investment managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... "It is smaller more niche investment managers that are growing fast. Among the 10 fastest growers in percentage terms, only one was mid size and that was a currency manager. All the others leading the growth race were small boutiques," Rainmaker executive ...

Industry super steps up SG campaign as RBA weighs in

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... relative to historical experience, I think that would have-again, Phil was talking earlier about people's risk aversion. One thing we know is that people are loss averse," said Ellis. "Workers are much more likely to resist a reduction in wages growth ...