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Super and pension work together

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... Australia's retirement income system. This is the conclusion of the Super Reality Check report developed by Vidler Policy and Research (VPR) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). The goal of the report was to demystify the purpose ...

AustralianSuper builds in-house global equities team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... process by the end of this year. AustralianSuper is looking for experienced analysts that will be in charge of building a research process and an investment model. "The investment process will be quite similar to what we do with Aussie equities, which ...

APRA workload for boards does not rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... was less commentary about inconsistency in supervision and more commentary about positive aspects of supervision." The research was conducted earlier this year by Australian Survey Research (ASR).

Tasplan and RBF to merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
The Tasmanian government has announced its support for a single superannuation fund responsible for the accounts of Tasplan, Quadrant and the RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme. RBF had $4.9 billion in funds under management as of 30 June 2014, Tasplan ...

Climate change to shrink investment by $5.7trn

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015

BetaShares appoints CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... investment product specialist at nabInvest. At the same time, Thomas Reif has taken on the role of head of quantitative research and portfolio manager. He was most recently a portfolio manager at State Street Global Advisers and has also held positions ...

ANZ addressing women's financial futures

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... superannuation. ANZ chief executive global wealth, Joyce Phillips, said it is known women are at a financial disadvantage and the research confirms what is restricting the financial future of women. "[It] is the inherent structural bias in the way the ...

Capital Group elects new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... Armour, was selected by the investment manager's board of directors. Armour, who is also chair of the group's capital research and management company will be responsible for setting, communicating and implementing Capital's overall business strategies ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... equip advisers "with the skills and knowledge necessary to make ethically sound decisions." It draws on contemporary research in philosophy, moral psychology, behavioural ethics and neuroscience to help advisers understand how ethics relates to their ...

Shares increasingly popular for Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... financial decision-making." This shift has also translated into a growing usage of mobile devices for investing. According to research from Investment Trends, 60% of current online investors use a mobile device to monitor the market, trade shares and ...