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FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... the battle continues, a third option becomes increasingly popular. For lack of a better term, the industry has named it smart beta. Unlike most finance jargon, smart beta seems to be best defined by what it is not, rather than by what it actually is. ...

Super fund members switching at record rates: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... 16,000 super members, showed direct-to-client funds attracted about 12% of switchers. The report said BT Super for Life, ANZ Smart Choice and CBA Essential Super were the major beneficiaries where retail funds are marketed directly to banking clients. ...

Advisers waiting on the sidelines with smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Smart beta strategies are gaining popularity among investors, but financial advisers are exercising caution and waiting for the market to develop further in Australia. Financial Keys principal, Mark Causer, told Financial Standard that he tends to recommend ...

Investors concerned smart beta lacks transparency

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Investors fear that smart beta indices lack full transparency on methodology and risk analytics, global research found. "Respondents appear to have major concerns about the quality of these products," the EDHEC-Risk Institute 'Investor Interest in and ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... Old Continent is so difficult to decipher, and also why there are still so many hidden gems, waiting to be discovered by smart investors. Even defining Europe is hard. A continent the size of Australia, it includes 50 countries and is home to over 730 ...

Westpac to raise capital by divesting BTIM stake

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... unchanged." BTIM chief executive Emilio Gonzalez labelled the sale as "positive on a number of fronts" and said it was "a smart move for Westpac to retain 30% of their stake." The move "will have no impact on our distribution arrangements with Westpac," ...

Internalisation has gone the full circle say CIOs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... the tools to lower fees was reducing the fund's investment management fee. "Of course passive [products] or investing in smart beta and internalisation can get that fee a lot lower," he said. Sunsuper chief investment officer, David Hartley, said internalisation ...

Don't rage against the machine

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... wealth management will turn the financial planning industry on its head. "Consumers increasingly want to do things via their smart phone and, though unfairly, the level of trust in financial planners has gone down," she said. "Robo advice is not 'digital ...

Super funds advised to be smart with technology

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
Superannuation funds are reminded to be cautious and take a holistic approach when implementing digital customer engagement tools as technology further shapes the industry. At a recent Milliman event discussing the digital age and its implications for ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
The Australian market is set for a fairly flat open, after US and European markets lost ground on worries about a potential Greek exit from the euro zone. At 0655 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down three points at 5,732. ...