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Industry bodies respond to Hockey's tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... Pension." AIST chief executive Tom Garcia also agreed with a superannuation concessions review, pointing to its recent research demonstrating disparities in how different balances were treated. "Given the compulsory nature of the superannuation system ...

2015: a lift year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... now. This, as much, was what Fed chair Janet L. Yellen told you, I and Irene at the "The New Normal Monetary Policy" research conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco when she discussed the whys and wherefores of "Normalizing ...

ESG becoming essential to insto alternative investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... investment philosophy for alternative assets. This finding is derived from Global Insights on 'ESG in alternative investing research' developed jointly by Mercer and LGT Capital Partners. Based on a survey of 97 institutional investors across 22 countries ...

Trowbridge releases final report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... as an independent review following the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) retail life insurance research - originally released in October 2014. It contains 11 recommendations, six of which are policy-oriented. The other five concern ...

ASX: The people's platform

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... wealth management has been so successful it is now in effect Australia's seventh largest wealth management platform. Research by Rainmaker released earlier this year revealed that the combined funds under administration (FUA) in exchange traded funds ...

VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... their exposure to the asset class. It achieves this by investing in stocks based on bespoke, "grassroots", on-the-ground research in the relevant markets, rather than equities benchmarks or stocks based in developed markets with emerging markets exposure. ...

Wealth managers need to be 'service-oriented'

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... technology and sweeping regulatory changes are forcing wealth managers to adapt their service offerings, according to joint research by Deloitte and Efma. The research paper, "Wealth management and Private Banking - Connecting with clients and reinventing ...

Life cover shifting to younger, lower-income households

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... TAL's 2015 Australian Financial Protection Index, based on an online survey of 1,266 Australians conducted by Galaxy Research. Ages ranged between 18 and 69. According to TAL's statement, the index "measures perceptions of insurances held and its adequacy". ...

Smart beta, fixed income ETFs surge

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... total number of ETFs globally has risen to 3,906 and there is close than $3.5 trillion allocated to the vehicles, DAWM research shows. "The investment community is becoming more and more aware of ETFs. PricewaterhouseCoopers expects the slice of the ...

Client satisfaction up despite bad press

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... experiences customers of the country's leading advice firms have had over the last 12 months, according to a new comprehensive research report. The 'Designing the Future' study, conducted on behalf of Zurich by Melbourne-based research consultancy The ...