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Parametric knows what keeps super trustees sleepless

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... were industry funds. Scale concerns and job losses were the least of concern among trustees. In December, Parametric research also indicated a defensive equity approach would be an ideal addition to comprehensive income products for retirement (CIPRs). ...

Aussie large-cap active managers endure massive outflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Researcher Morningstar estimates Australian equity large-cap unlisted funds lost between $3 billion and $12 billion in assets per year over the last five years. In its latest Australian Equities Large-Cap Sector Wrap, Morningstar said active managers ...

Hedge funds suffer worst year since 2011

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Last year was a bad one for hedge funds as they suffered their worst returns since 2011. Numbers from industry researcher Eurekahedge showed that its benchmark hedge fund index returned 1.56% in 2015. Though that's the worst absolute return in four ...

Risk sales plunge in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Annual sales in the risk market dropped by 23.7% in the year to September 2015, according to Plan for Life research. Plan for Life's consolidated report on both group and individual risk lump sum and income insurance inflows revealed that while some ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Japan's Cabinet Office reported that consumer confidence stood at 42.7 in December. While this is much higher than market expectations for a 42.3 print, it's only a slight improvement from the previous month's 42.6 reading. The overall index is derived ...

Wingate appoints senior investment analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
Wingate Asset Management has a new senior investment analyst. Covering equities research and risk analysis, Thomas Hodson joins Wingate from UCA Funds Management, where he was also a senior investment analyst. Prior to that, he held roles at Barclays ...

Frontier Advisors appoints infra specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
Frontier Advisors has appointed a senior consultant to lead the firm's infrastructure research, build on its infrastructure portfolios, and identify new opportunities in the sector. Joining Frontier from March is infrastructure specialist Peter Siapikoudis. ...

China's low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
It's bad news and it's good news. This is the message delivered by the latest update on China's inflation. China Inflation November Dee Consensus Dee Actual CPI - Y/Y Change 1.50% 1.60% 1.60% PPI - Y/Y Change -5.90% -5.80% -5.90% China's CPI inflation ...

Former Mercer consultant launches research platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
A former Mercer and van Eyk senior consultant has launched DiligenceVault, a new managed funds research platform in Australia. Hansi Mehrotra worked as a research consultant at van Eyk and later Mercer for more than 15 years before moving to India to ...

Challenger partners Financial Standard for 2016 Technical Services Forum

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... event is Australia's preeminent technical services forum and contributes to the development of the industry through new research, insights and education around the impact of legislative change to technical strategies. Financial Standard managing director ...