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Extra features not always beneficial for super funds

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Heightened competition between superannuation funds is driving them to add a growing number of features to their offerings, making it increasingly complex for consumers, according to new Rainmaker research. Rainmaker SelectingSuper has completed a report ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... 3.68 reals, it was fetching 4.18 reals in September last year) - the best the Banco Central do Brazil could do was keep interest rates on hold because of high inflation. The central bank kept benchmark SELIC rate unchanged at an 8-year high of 14.25% ...

Planners turning to annuities and outcome funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... continue being seen as adding value to their pre-retiree and retiree clients, especially in this high volatility and low interest rate environment, financial planners are reducing their flows into safe haven investments such as cash and term deposits ...

ASIC calls out weak conflict policy in vertical business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... businesses as often being solely designed to conform to regulatory requirements. In its 'Culture, conduct and conflicts of interest in vertically integrated businesses in the funds-management industry' report, ASIC investigated companies with "at least ...

PIMCO receives Zenith upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Zenith has upgraded the PIMCO Global Bond Fund, PIMCO Credit Fund and PIMCO Diversified Interest Fund from 'Recommended" to "Highly Recommended". PIMCO Capital Securities Fund, which invests in securities issued by banks specifically to raise regulatory ...

Platforms rise by $51.4bn in 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... December quarter on the back of "positive, if at times wobbly, investment markets supported by unprecedented stimulatory low interest rates." The firm added that market choppiness has continued in early 2016. Masterfund inflows of $133.5 billion were ...

Colchester receives Lonsec and Zenith rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... Government Bond Fund to the Australian intermediary market place in a bid to capitalise on research ratings and platform interest. Commenting on the ratings and appointment of MacPherson, Singapore managing director Paul Allen said, "We have a long-standing ...

Super governance at top of APRA agenda

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has highlighted three superannuation governance issues it will prioritise in its regulatory agenda for 2016. The first of these issues is what the regulator called "the robustness of strategic and business ...

Easier for as long as necessary?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... developments" are, of course, influenced to a large extent by policy decisions by the ECB. Perhaps the SNB has run out of room on interest rates for at minus 0.75%, it has the deepest negative interest rate not only in Europe but the world. Not so for ...

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
A recent survey has shown Australia's competitiveness could be at risk due to a lack of interest in STEM subjects. The findings suggest Australia has the lowest percentage of girls studying STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects ...