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FEATURE: The cost of cash

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Little more than two years ago, you wouldn't have to look very hard to find a 12-month term deposit paying you around 6%. But the hangover from the wildest commodity-fuelled party in Australia's history had to catch up eventually. Since then, the Reserve ...

Asset owners must embrace change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
Super funds, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors must take an adaptable approach to governance if they are to keep up with the pace of change in the investment industry, according to Towers Watson global head of Investment Content ...

Frontier research alliance expands to UK and Europe

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
Specialist investment advisory business Frontier Advisors and Segal Rogerscasey, founding members of the Global Investment Research Alliance (GIRA), have expanded their reach adding a London-based consulting firm. Investment, actuarial and risk management ...

SMSFs eye offshore assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... investors. On the whole, 43% of all investors surveyed believe they need more international assets in their investment portfolio, up eight percentage points from October. This is in line with a corresponding decrease in the proportion expecting healthy ...

Canberra adviser rolls out pilot project to engage GenYs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... retirement or managing portfolios, the focus is on "spending and saving cash so in the future they can build an investment portfolio." The program has already started as a trial at the MLC Advice Centre in Canberra and might expand to other MLC practices ...

Montgomery nabs BlackRock exec as head of Distribution

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
Montgomery Investment Management has appointed former BlackRock managing director and head of Retail as head of Distribution. Scott Phillips will head the distribution of the manager's retail fund, The Montgomery Fund. Phillips has twelve years' experience ...

SMSF trustees suffer "unacceptably poor advice"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees are suffering "an unacceptably high level of poor advice" when it comes to set up and administering their funds. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) recently ...

Mercer gets approval for MySuper product

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) starting December 1, 2013. The product will include the Mercer SmartPath investment portfolio, with a number of investment options that automatically change the mix of assets to match members' life stage and ability ...

NAB launches new set of real return portfolios

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... look at the possibilities of real return-type components. "We are in the process of building this into the investment portfolio. We are also going to continue to invest in existing talent as well as selectively adding more people to our teams," he said. ...

Investors demand more clarity on carbon exposures

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... said. "Members of these funds want to know their high carbon exposures, what the funds are doing to prevent investment portfolio damage once the carbon bubble bursts and whether or not their fund is more or less emissions intensive than another. "The ...