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FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... Group Risk market [recording] double digit percentage increases in in-force group business to June 2015," according to research by wealth management research firm DEXX&R. "These increases in in-force premiums," the research noted, "are a flow-on from ...

Shaw and Partners appoints more institutional execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... recommendations. Zuk will focus on maximising portfolio returns at the individual asset level for REITs and will report to head of research Martin Crabb. Renae Ridley will be head of corporate access and she was previously at CIMB Securities in Hong ...

Mercer rates Aussie super B+

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
Australia may have the most adequate pension system in the world but it doesn't necessarily guarantee it being the most sustainable. Rankings for the 2015 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) were released last night and Australia has slipped ...

ETFs just 5pct of all indexing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
Despite intense focus on indexed exchange traded funds (ETF), indexed FUM is still 95% sourced from traditional non-ETF indexed mandates and managed funds. Rainmaker has just released its annual state of play wrap of the indexed FUM market and found ...

Maple-Brown Abbott global infra fund added to platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... news comes shortly after the fund was awarded a 'Recommended' by Zenith Partners, a '4 Star Superior' rating from SQM Research and a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec, earlier this year. The fund is distributed in Australia by Ironbark Asset Management ...

Mandate tide turns towards global equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... international equities, twice the amount of new funds invested in Australian equities. The latest edition of the Rainmaker Research Mandate Chaser report shows that Australian institutional investors awarded about $29 billion in mandates during the year ...

HNW Planning ramps up high-touch advice with netwealth managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
HNW Planning has struck a managed accounts deal with platform provider netwealth in its ongoing bid to deliver cutting-edge financial advice to its clients. The NSW-based dealer group's principal Robert Cumming said that they have for the past two years ...

Towers Watson wins public sector fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... executive John McNally said the $2.5 billion fund chose Towers Watson to provide investment consulting "given their global research coverage, thought leadership and alignment in assisting the Trustee in delivering investment outcomes for members." Head ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... monetary policy," Craig says. Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) senior analyst of economic and market research, Belinda Allen, echoes Craig's views but thinks the process has already started. "This volatility in markets globally ...

New website gives advisers company ESG ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
CAER has launched a new website that allows financial advisers to view the researcher's environmental, social land governance ratings for more than 300 Australian and New Zealand companies at the click of a button. Coinciding with Ethical Investment ...