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Insurers to battle big data privacy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
While big data presents a boon for insurers doing customer risk analysis, the benefits will have to be weighed against ongoing user privacy and discrimination issues. This is one of the key findings of the Actuaries Institutes' latest green paper, which ...

Smart beta performs in Aussie equities

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
The top three performing exchange-traded products dedicated to Australian equities over the past year were smart beta strategies, a new Rainmaker report shows. Rainmaker's ETP Report for the September quarter shows a wide range of outcomes in the past ...

Ageing boards problematic: ACSI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... combat Australia's ageing boards problem, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. ACSI's latest research shows that although female directors are increasingly younger than their male counterparts, the average age of an ASX100 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
Japan GDP Preliminary estimates of Japan's third quarter economy provided a positive surprise. Japanese real GDP growth accelerated to a quarterly rate of 0.5% in the three months to September from 0.2% in the June quarter and more than double market ...

Super funds becoming retirement ready

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... on incomes greater than $100,000 are on-track. These results mirror the results of the CommBank Retirement Ready Index research released last year. However if you take into account age pension entitlements, the proportion of people on-track rises to ...

Russell launches dynamic currency hedging

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... introducing a third alternative, and we're receiving an incredibly receptive reaction," Ashton said. She added that a new research paper from Russell objectively contrasts the un-hedged, passively hedged and new dynamic hedging approaches based on risk ...

Active managers must promote success

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... for our skill because look here's a SPIVA report essentially substantiating how good we are'," van der Oord said. The research, which tracks about 1000 Australian active equity and bond funds against S&P Dow Jones indices, found in the large-cap category ...

VicSuper highlights retirement struggles

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... are major amendments to age pension eligibility and dozens of proposed changes to super legislation," Dundon said. "Our research is telling us that many people aren't aware of, or don't understand the changes and how they'll be affected." The report ...

Henderson EM fund rated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... Equity Fund has been rated by Zenith. The fund was launched in July and has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating by the research house, with Zenith saying it holds a positive view on the investment process used; recognising the emerging markets experience ...

Equities specialist to CFSGAM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed a new investment director. Richard Cahill joined the firm's investment specialist team in October and is a former principal and researcher of equity fund managers at Mercer Investment Consulting. ...