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Investment bonds key to secure retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... super Matt Walsh agrees, believing that the continuing uncertainty around the future of superannuation and increased interest in investment bonds has contributed to its investment bond business Lifeplan now exceeding $2 billion in funds under management ...

Majority of active managers underperforming: S&P

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... 91.89% over five years. Bond funds didn't fare much better, with 89.47% underperforming the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest 0+ Index over one year, 92.16% over three years and 88.68% over five. Finally, 87.5% of Australian equity A-REIT funds underperformed ...

More poor customer outcomes expected: Narev

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev anticipates there will be more cases of poor customer outcomes as an independent review of the bank continues. Narev told the ongoing parliamentary committee in Canberra yesterday that while CBA has implemented ...

La Trobe Financial launches retail platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... competitive investment rates, view investment transactions, set up a regular savings plan, view account balances and manage interest distribution flows on a 24/7 basis," Andrews said. Retail investors can currently invest through two portfolio account ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... increased infrastructure investment was a positive factor for business-oriented services sub-sectors, as were record low interest rates. Consumer spending remains cautious however, so not all sub-sectors are flourishing". UK construction PMI The Markit/Chartered ...

Client needs to drive transitioning businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... recommending MDA's, acting in the best interests of the client is now a separate and additional obligation to the current best interest requirements. Bignill also directed advisers impacted by the reforms to RG179 to consider what their investment philosophy ...

Super members should face "better off test"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... of traditional channels including financial advisers. General advice direct from a bank does not need to meet the best interest obligations and it is likely the banks are using this and linked sales incentives to funnel customers into underperforming ...

Australian funds rank well on ESG

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... Australian equity managers tend to do better in this area than overseas managers, and this is reflective of a growing local interest in responsible investing in recent years," Lonsec Research senior analyst Steve Sweeney said. While Australian fund managers ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... Fed will hike rates in December which might see risk markets take a step back." Meanwhile, the use of historically low interest rates by developed-world banks has decreased the probability of a sizeable bond bear market, demonstrating that fiscal policy ...

MSCI launches new insto global equity risk model

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... based on MSCI's Systematic Equity Strategies adds new risk factors including news sentiment, short-term reversal, short interest and seasonality. These will allow institutions to, in MSCI's words, "better assess strategies, monitor market movements ...