Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 691 - 700 of 1613 results for "Recommended"

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... the Senate Economics Committee's inquiry into the Superannuation (Objective) Bill 2016, the public policy think tank recommended that the committee reject the use of the ASFA 'comfortable' retirement standard as a benchmark for the system, saying that ...

US pension fund extends tobacco divestment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... portfolios. What's fascinating is the US$303 billion fund ($413 billion) recently reviewed its tobacco position and advisers recommended the 16-year-old ban be reversed. Analysis performed in 2015 by Wilshire Associates, a consultant to the CalPERS' ...

Montgomery funds rated by Zenith

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Montgomery Investment Management's global range of funds is now 'Recommended' by Zenith. The Montgomery Global Fund and the Montaka Global Access Fund received the rating following Zenith's 2016 International Shares Review. Zenith noted in its rating ...

Zenith rates CFM diversified alternative beta fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
Zenith gave a "recommended" rating to an alternative beta fund distributed by Winston Capital Partners. The CFM ISDiversified Trust employs a diversified alternative beta strategy, accruing $47 million in funds under management since its inception on ...

Coin flipping better than macro forecasts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... detrimental effects on investors' portfolios, he added, noting that if investors had listened to certain forecasts which recommended over-allocating to cash over the past five years, they would be "poorer today." "Fear and greed are widely accepted as ...

Individual risk sales flat for three years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... there are opportunities where insurers can "improve sales, improve retention and reduce claims." Strategic Insight recommended implementing (or making better use of) health and wellness programs, noting that if said programs "could be utilised to generate ...

Super disputes kept aside in Treasury review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... resolution of disputes." Fahy said ASFA would make a formal submission addressing the interim report, including the recommended change from the current statutory nature of the SCT towards an industry-based ombudsman scheme. "Also of note is the recommendation ...

Life insurance legacy faces more scrutiny

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... tax issues that inhibit an insurer's ability to update legacy products. Introducing a rationalisation mechanism, as recommended by the FSI, would help address this issue; this, however, requires legislative change. "Without in any way undermining the ...

Global equities fund becomes 'Recommended'

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
Research house Zenith has upgraded an international equities fund to a 'Recommended' rating. Receiving the upgrade in conjunction with its second anniversary, the Pan-Tribal Global Equity Fund is now considered a product that rates in the first quartile ...

Lonsec rates BetaShares ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
Lonsec has given a 'Recommended' rating to BetaShares' new ASX diversifier ETF. The BetaShares Ex-20 Portfolio Diversifier ETF targets about 180 stocks listed on the S&P/ASX 200, excluding the top 20. The goal is to diversify exposure to the market ...