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Morningstar multi-asset funds recommended

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Morningstar Investment Management's suite of multi-asset real return funds have received a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith Investment Partners. The real return funds are objective based multi-asset offerings that invest across a wide range of asset ...

Milliman and Frontier explore new retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... would convert to an immediate annuity at the prevailing rates at the time. With a DLA, the provider takes the risk that interest rates decrease (or mortality rates decrease) during the deferral period and receives the benefit to the extent that rates ...

Future Fund surges to $123 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... awarded through 100 separate investment managers. Alternatives account for 57% of these, equities 11%, property and fixed interest 15% each with cash management accounting for the remaining three percent.

AMP looks to advisers of the future

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
A record number of university students participated in this year's AMP University Challenge, pointing to a growing interest in financial planning as a career. More than 180 students from universities around Australia participated in teams or as individuals ...

Raising rates on soybeans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... hate uncertainty. The US economy is expanding at a faster rate. Good news. The US Federal Reserve is certain to lift interest rates for sure... if not at its November meeting, in December. For sure and for certain. Rate hike here we come. It's already ...

PIMCO to take RE in-house

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... Australian investors, including the Australian Bond Fund, Australian Focus Fund, Capital Securities Fund, Diversified Fixed Interest Fund, Emerging Markets Bond Fund and Global Credit Fund. The current RE for these products is Equity Trustees (EQT). ...

CBA responds to systemic advice failures

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... ASIC's report 'Financial advice: Fees for no service', CBA has confirmed it will be refunding $105 million in fees, plus interest, to impacted customers. The refunds with interest will be completed by June 2017. In its response CBA highlighted that in ...

Infrastructure critical for super returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... real economy assets which have been the foundation for strong member returns. The report confirms there is a growing interest from industry funds for unlisted assets, but ISA believes more can be done to identify a pipeline for appropriate, 'investment-ready' ...

The infrastructure benchmark challenge

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... against. That method works for the specific person but the benchmark is then highly dependent on what's happening in the interest rate market and central bank action." Bahceci noted that, despite the absence of an infrastructure performance benchmark ...

Challenger reveals key annuity relationships

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... annuities with a 20 year term to support a reinsurance agreement with MS Primary. Challenger will provide a guaranteed interest rate and assume the investment risk initially on half of each new policy issued by MS Primary. The guaranteed interest rate ...