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Equity benchmarks too risky amid volatility: SSGA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
State Street Global Advisors has urged investors to ignore benchmark weights in favour of a truly active approach amid recent and likely on-going market volatility. In the company's active Australian equities Annual Review and Outlook 2015/2016, SSGA's ...

Minimum withdrawal rates act as default: CSIRO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Research from CSIRO says minimum account-based pension withdrawal rates are acting as a conservative default that sees retirees exceeding needs to self-insure their financial longevity. CSIRO behavioural economics and superannuation decision-making ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Where have all the buyers gone? Two weeks into the new year and they're still MIA. Given recent events, they appear to be drowning - drowning in a sea of oil, that is....and there'll be more gushing out of the grounds soon, out of Iran as Friday's speculations ...

ETFs to see $8bn surge in 2016

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Exchange-traded funds may see over $8 billion in new investments in 2016, according to Van Eck Australia managing director Arian Neiron. Neiron attributed this figure to the rapid growth of new money in ETFs in response to declining share markets. "Market ...

20pct tax rebate is budget neutral: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
Lifting the superannuation guarantee to 12% and pushing a 20% rebate on marginal tax rates for super contributions would have no effect on the federal budget. This is according to the latest modeling from PwC prepared for the Financial Services Council ...

Aussie large-cap active managers endure massive outflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Researcher Morningstar estimates Australian equity large-cap unlisted funds lost between $3 billion and $12 billion in assets per year over the last five years. In its latest Australian Equities Large-Cap Sector Wrap, Morningstar said active managers ...

Prime Super awards insurance mandate to CommInsure

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
Prime Super has appointed CommInsure as its new group insurer following a competitive tender process. The partnership takes effect on 1 May 2016. "This is an exciting change to the group life insurance arrangements for Prime Super. Our goals in undertaking ...

Adviser standards need a tidy

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) believes it is not clear how proposed education and training requirements for financial advisers would apply to robo-advice. ASFA says if financial advice was to be provided online (robo-advice) ...

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
Offering a choice of superannuation fund to more Australian workers doesn't mean they will exercise the opportunity, nor make any better long-term investment decision. This was one of several views presented by REST Industry Super in its submission ...

SIV interest wanes after rule changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Applications for Significant Investor Visas (SIVs) have fallen dramatically since new rules requiring investment in start-ups and emerging companies were introduced in July. Reports from November showed there have been just 19 applications since the ...