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Vanguard appoints Australian active team head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
Vanguard appointed the head of its Australian quantitative equity group (QEG) as part of an expansion to its Melbourne team. Michael Roach will lead the Australian QEG, having previously been a quantitative equities portfolio manager for Vanguard in ...

Modern Silk Road presents investment jewel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
Quantifeed launched a model portfolio for investors looking to capitalise on "the biggest macro-economic story of the century." A 21st century replication of the famed Silk Road, the China-led Belt and Road Initiative will involve the construction of ...

Financial lifestyle coaching: The future of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
Financial adviser roles as we know them will cease to exist in coming years as the push towards financial lifestyle coaching rises. A recent adviser 'think tank' hosted by Zurich - comprising four advisers, BT Financial Group head of licensee development ...

Insurers require urgent start-up collaborations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
Life insurers are urgently realising the need to be more customer-focused by collaborating with new entrants to the industry once deemed a threat. This is the view of insurance companies concerned about how best to tackle the challenges innovation presents ...

Roaring forties produce super member tailwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Superannuation members invested in lifestage funds and aged between 40 and 50 have produced an outstanding 12-month return on retirement savings according to the latest super fund analysis. Rainmaker research shows lifestage (also lifecycle) MySuper ...

Advice, ETFs and SMAs form powerful combination

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... this eliminated the need for records of advice (RoAs) when a change in asset allocation was enacted. "If we assume that each RoA takes two man hours and each client enacted two changes in a period of four months, that's around 1400 hours of admin time ...

Government gives super system further makeover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
The Federal Government is powering ahead with further changes to Australia's $2 trillion superannuation system, garnering support from across the industry. The latest proposals will see the prudential regulator (APRA) be responsible for making it easier ...

Transport bolsters listed infrastructure demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
Australian listed infrastructure offers some of the best quality assets and highly attractive yields, not only across the Asia-Pacific region but on a global scale, an investment specialist says. The transportation sector, particularly airports and ...

FPA professionalism plans garner adviser support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Live polling conducted at the Financial Planning Association of Australia's National Roadshow demonstrates a strong margin of financial advisers support the association's proposals around the forthcoming education and professional standards legislation. ...

Argo LIC shakes up investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
Argo Investments' Argo Global Listed Infrastructure company is seeking shareholder approval to make a key change to its investment mandate. Under the current arrangement, the infrastructure LIC has a possible allocation of up to 20% in fixed income ...