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Australian Unity launches funeral bond

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... provide an incentive for younger retirees to consider a funeral bond product, he said. "The longer we remain in a low interest environment, the greater the risk to capital guaranteed options not producing the level of growth required to meet longer-term ...

Vanguard recruits former industry fund CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... institutional sales vice president Chris Artis. Artis had previously served as a consultant to MIESF to conduct a review of its interest-bearing assets in 2014. Artis' career in superannuation spans almost 20 years, having also served as head of fixed ...

Former ME Bank chief joins Powerwrap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
The founding chief executive of ME Bank has joined the Powerwrap board, with more director appointments expected in the coming months. Appointed as a non-executive director, Anthony Wamsteker brings 30 years' experience to the $6 billion platform. Wamsteker ...

In-house investment bears fruit for AustralianSuper

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... question the fund's asset allocation decisions which "to date have been pretty good." "AustralianSuper has about 3% in fixed interest securities and the average super fund is 12 to 13%. We plead guilty to that and to receiving the benefits of that decision," ...

Millennial disengagement dire for economy: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
Superannuation funds must do better at addressing millennials' chronic disengagement with their super, which in the long-term is dire for the economy, according to the Financial Services Council. Only 23% of young adults trust the superannuation industry ...

Boutique manager selects A-REIT and small-cap specialists

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... fund has entered into an assignment agreement with the vendor, SOP 8D (an entity associated with FDC) to purchase the interest in the "to-be-created" asset and "to be granted" a 99-year lease of the land. Folkestone managing director Greg Paramor said ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... have negative consequences for the domestic economic growth and inflation. This, in no way, would prod the RBA to raise interest rates anytime soon. More so, because the current low-flation environment would likely be transmitted into lower pay rises. ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... June - had been over the target since April. This justifies expectations that the UK central bank should start raising interest rates now and quick to alleviate downward pressure on the pound and upward pressure on prices. But this is easier said than ...

Industry funds sign off on $45 billion merger

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
Industry superannuation funds Kinetic Super and Sunsuper signed a Successor Fund Transfer deed, authorising a merger of the two funds. The process, which began in April this year, sees the merged entity become one of the nation's biggest superannuation ...

An institutional approach to retirement advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... that institutions have projected liabilities and understand key liability sensitivities such as inflation, longevity, interest rates and other economic drivers. Individual investors, meanwhile, are typically focus on outperforming benchmarks with "no ...