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Super FUM up 10pct to $2.3tn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... share of the small super fund segment is reinforced by the amount of outward transfers into SMSFs, decreasing for the first time in three years to $6.3 billion as these flows contracted 10% from $7 billion in 2015-16. The march towards MySuper has meanwhile ...

US$4.1 billion infrastructure debt fundraising secured

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... more than US$300 million, and Canada where some of the country's large pension plans invested in our strategy for the first time. Japanese investors, early adopters of infrastructure debt as an investment strategy, were also strong supporters of the ...

Crisis emerging in Australian retirement system: HILDA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... raises questions about the sustainability of the retirement income system." Wilkins added that this year's survey is the first time he has gone back through the HILDA data to track the progress of homeowners in repaying their debts - and was shocked ...

Asset managers feeling profit squeeze

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
Profit margins of asset managers globally contracted for the first time since the Global Financial Crisis, research from the Boston Consulting Group shows, warning fee pressures are continuing to rise across the industry. Despite global assets under ...

New super product for investment savvy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... are index trackers, and members have few reasons to engage with their super accounts," the blog read. "Now, for the first time, there is a third option. WealthO2 Super Simplifier offers investors an SMSF-like experience without the cost or the hassle." ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... May. By the 29th of the same month, 'Business Insider' printed that "positioning in currency turned net short for the first time since January this year." Four days later (2 June), the Australian Financial Review's Jens Meyer asked, "How much will the ...

Last chance to have your say: Financial Standard weekly spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... report showed 71% of advice practices were collecting at least half their revenue from fees, not commissions. For the first time in the report's 14-year history, Business Health has assembled a Practice Health Index. It shows the 'health' of Australian ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... May. By the 29th of the same month, 'Business Insider' printed that "Positioning in currency turned net short for the first time since January this year". The Australian Financial Review's Jens Meyer asked, "How much will the Aussie dollar yield to rates?" ...

Vanguard appoints new head of investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... the group slashing fees across its multi-asset suite, and revising those funds' strategic asset allocation for the first time since 2013. From July, five wholesale diversified funds will have management expense ratios reduced to 0.29%. These funds are ...

Retail super fund members increasingly satisfied

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... averaged across all balance categories - currently rate higher for customer satisfaction than industry funds. This is the first time since 2003 that retail super funds have led customer satisfaction ratings in the Roy Morgan survey. In the six months ...