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Advisers need to leverage enormous ETF winds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Exchange traded fund providers and financial advisers need to leverage the "enormous winds" created by ETFs in building better client investment portfolios, according to a leading industry executive. Speaking at the Financial Standard Exchange Traded ...

Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
Fixed income investors will risk paying to lose money unless they're prepared to change their approach to benchmarks, according to infrastructure fund manager QIC. Positive yields have been upturned as a number of key central banks have put negative ...

Investors face 'radical uncertainty': PIMCO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
Investors must be prepared to face "radical uncertainty" about the future course of global economies, policies and markets and be aware that "stability is not sustainability", according to PIMCO's latest secular outlook. The report, The Global Outlook ...

Super needs to pick up its retirement game

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
Australia's superannuation industry has scope to become the world's best system once it tackles how to invest in retirement by avoiding sequencing risk. This was one of the key views presented by BT general manager superannuation Melinda Howes at a ...

Factor investing sees new customised approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
Factor-based investing is being further pitched at Australian institutional investors at a time when they are thinking outside smart beta products and looking for more outcomes-based solutions. As part of a recent Australian visit, Northern Trust Asset ...

What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
The first budget of the Turnbull government will impact financial services companies operating right across the Australian wealth creation value chain from the largest institutions right down to smallest independent advice firms. Treasurer Scott Morrison's ...

Challenger annuities march on

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
Challenger's annuity business has continued its charge with sales of $575 million in the quarter ending March 31. The figure represents a 29% on the same period last year and included strong growth in both term annuities (up 22%) and lifetime annuities ...

Investors must adapt to 'new normal'

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
Australian investors must consider low interest rates, low growth and high volatility as the 'new normal' when constructing their investment strategies, according to Findex. The asset manager argues that in a landscape of low yield and high volatility ...

Super funds presented in-housing framework

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
The path for superannuation funds insourcing their investment management has become clearer with researchers developing an industry framework that tackles in-housing complexities. The framework was presented at a recent Centre for International Finance ...

ETFs moving to mainstream

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
The growing adoption of ETFs by aligned dealer groups is pushing the product into the mainstream, with 2 in 5 planners now using ETFs as a core investment choice for client portfolios according to new research from Betashares and Investment Trends. ...