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Top pension funds slide for first time since GFC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Total assets of the 300 largest pension funds worldwide fell for the first time since the beginning of the global financial crisis, according to Willis Towers Watson research. The P&I/Willis Towers Watson global 300 report shows that in 2015, total ...

Centuria taps Google for latest board appointment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... space, to join the Board at a time of major growth for the Company. She is a step towards the future." This isn't the first time an Australian financial services company has looked to the company behind the world's most widely used search engine for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... 49.5. Moreover, manufacturing output entered expansion territory - up to 50.6 in August from 49.4 in July - for the first time since February this year, "while companies also saw softer reductions in total new work and export sales". The bad news, yen ...

Social benefit bond returns for NGS Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... manager investments and finance Ben Squires said the $5 billion fund's decision to commit to the program marked the first time a superannuation fund had invested in social benefit funds. "In addition to presenting a viable and sound financial outlook ...

Global ETPs see strong inflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... theme. Assets across all minimum volatility funds, including non-US equity exposures, grew above $50 billion for the first time with US equity indexes reaching new milestones despite slow second quarter earnings.

SMSF trustees increasing use of planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
SMSF trustees are trending upwards in their use of financial planners for the first time since 2007 according to new research jointly released by Vanguard and Investment Trends. The firms' annual self-managed superannuation fund report, which collated ...

Lonsec gives iRate an upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... performance with peers and benchmarks and also track allocation changes over time. The update will enable, for the first time, users to create and analyse equity only model portfolios with fully integrated equity research. Users will also be able to ...

Absolute returns no longer the domain of instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... intermediary market in Australia 18 months ago. The BMO Pyrford Global Absolute Return Fund was awarded the rating for the first time by Morningstar in its 2016 multi-asset sector review, which recognised the fund for its long track record of consistent ...

Trust ahead of returns for member retention

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Members who have changed jobs since joining Equip have for the first time ranked trust ahead of investment returns as the reason for sticking with the fund. In Equip's 2016 member survey conducted by CoreData, just over a third of these 730 members ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... landslide win was the first election with the newly lowered voting that saw 18 year olds able to vote in Japan for the first time. Prime Minister Abe said his "bold" plan will include funds for regional infrastructure, construction of maglev and other ...