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SelectingSuper awards super fund of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... needs," Rainmaker Group head of research Alex Dunnin said. "Above all, the really good funds have built an investment performance engine inside their fund. They take their investment process really seriously by either building world-class investment ...

BetaShares launches managed Aussie equities ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... increasingly being made aware of a major investment challenge - invest too cautiously and risk insufficient investment performance required to fund lifestyle purposes; invest too aggressively and risk exposure to significant losses in a market decline," ...

REST creates two new management roles

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... further building our investment strategies an approach which has seen us deliver competitive long-term investment performance to our members throughout changing market and economic conditions," Hill said.

Banks face wealth management challenges

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... advice." Also conducting a review of the big four banks was KPMG, who said favourable equity markets and investment performance coupled with a lower Australian dollar were offset marginally by lower advice revenue. KPMG said wealth management and insurance ...

Beware 'apples with apples' super comparisons

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
If superannuation funds' investment performance is to be compared on an "apples with apples" basis there are several key points to consider, according to researcher Rainmaker Information. This week Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) member ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Vision Super chief executive Stephen Rowe said the cost downs are occurring as the fund delivers strong investment performance. Marshman envisages a 50% industry drop in investment fees over the next five years. He believes it will come on the back of ...

AvSuper to expand in-house investment team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... investment communications, following member demand for "even more meaningful information about the Fund's investment performance and portfolio of investments," chief executive Michelle Wade said in a statement. Field has ten years' experience as a senior ...

Below benchmark performance hurts Platinum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... increased despite an increase in the Platinum Group's profit and FUM." Bonuses at Platinum are linked to investment performance of all client funds relative to the benchmarks over the preceding one and three year periods. Below benchmark returns also ...

Super funds hunting further afield for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... that can achieve that. "Ultimately, investors and investment managers are in the business of generating investment performance, and if value creation has been fully achieved then all assets should be scrutinised under a sell or hold analysis," Evans ...

WAM Capital poised to pounce in mixed market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... June. The company's shareholder base also increased 29.7% during the year to reach 17,358. WAM Capital said investment performance and capital management initiatives, including a share purchase plan (SPP) and an oversubscribed placement, were attributed ...