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MDA provider inks deal with Affinity and Redgum

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... the group's administration workload and allow for greater time and resources to be spent on enhancing its investment research and portfolio management capabilities. "We started to experience capacity constraints because previously every individual client ...

Super social media yet to excite members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... usage by super funds generates much more excitement among the funds themselves than it does among its members, reveals research by Rainmaker. The research company reached this conclusion following a survey of social media activity among 50 leading super ...

T. Rowe Price hires former AllianceBernstein trader

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... his expertise in efficient and effective trading strategies will help us enhance investment returns from our bottom up research driven investment process, adding value to portfolios and achieving best execution for our clients."

SEC prioritises cybersecurity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... institutions and now among consumer and the proliferation of devices to access this environment reinforces this. Forrestor research released a report last week that predicted within three years 80% of people in US will use online banking and almost half ...

Weatherhead to leave Rice Warner for AustralianSuper

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... primary focus is on advice to financial institution and life company clients in areas such as product development, market research, insurance and superannuation needs, distribution strategy and actuarial processes.

High risk investors lose appetite for risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
The first quarter of 2014 has seen a marked drop in risk appetite among ordinarily high-risk investors, research from CoreData has shown. Only 19.1% of investors with high risk profiles said they were likely to invest in new equities or products in ...

Lonsec launches ETF model portfolios for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... to focus more time on achieving their clients' investment objectives." The strategic portfolios are backed by Lonsec research and each portfolio is reviewed and rebalanced on a biannual basis. Beeston said that the portfolios are "particularly appealing ...

Zurich fills life risk role from within

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... for Victoria and Tasmania position after promoting Andy Marshall, to the national role of Head of Sales strategies and research, life risk. Khanh-vy ("KV") Ho will take on the position and responsible for the delivery of Zurich's risk proposition to ...

Perpetual appoints fixed income analyst from Deutsche Bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... billion in fixed income assets. "Anne has a wealth of experience in credit markets and having a team member 100 per cent research focussed will allow us to broaden our coverage of securities," Perpetual head of credit and fixed income Michael Korber ...

Retiree 4pct drawdown limits too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
New research released by the Financial Services Institute of Australia (Finsia) reveals that the standard 4% retirement income drawdown may be too high and inadvertently result in retirement funds running out too quickly. The research is detailed in ...