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Investors flee Aussie equities, turn to international

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... that there is "strong growth towards model portfolio ETFs. "Investors are using models from renowned fund managers or research houses to build their own diversified portfolios," he said. "Most of the times, they don't take it to the letter; they take ...

Berkeley scientist develops game for advice clients

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Capital Preferences has designed a new tool to help financial advisers better understand their clients' and, in turn, help them make better investment decisions, with the help of a scientist from the University of California, Berkeley. The financial ...

New Calastone service automates distribution processing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... resources into higher-value work." The service has already been adopted by investment platform, wealth management and research provider, netwealth. The company's custody manager, Paul Hagger, said the firm is already benefiting from the new service. ...

Fee pressure turns super funds to smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... factors," Nayer said. The strategy, which can be tailored to the needs of clients, is run by a team of 16 people dedicated to research, and 11 people in charge of implementation.

Scrapping dividend imputation costly for retirees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... belief held by Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Pauline Vamos. Yesterday ASFA released research that showed abolishing dividend imputation would reduce the annual income of the average retiree by $4000. The research also ...

Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... of life insurance and see the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Centrelink as effective substitutes, suggests research commissioned by Zurich and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA). The research, carried out by CoreData, is ...

Industry fund advice on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Advice services in the not-for-profit super fund sector are expected to grow by 43% over the next four years, research by Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) suggests. Based on a survey of 19 ...

Philanthropists donate $6.2m through Perpetual

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... behalf of its clients. The IMPACT Philanthropy Partnership grants fund programs focused on legal counseling, medical research, youth education and agricultural advancement, as well as technology-enabled community health and rehabilitation services. "These ...

Challenger annuities join CFS platforms

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... risk and sequencing risk," Elkins said. Challenger chief executive distribution, product and marketing, Paul Rogan, said research from Marketing Pulse shows 27% of advisers who don't currently recommend annuities would do so within the next 12 months. ...

Most life insurance consumers open to genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... accept genetic testing for detecting life-threatening conditions as part of their risk assessments for life insurance, research found. A recent survey of 134 insurance employees and their personal contacts by global life reinsurance service provider ...