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HOSTPLUS to launch lifecycle option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... $36 million and is growing by $1 million a week. However, he added: "For those of you who are interested, I'm not actually smart enough to pick stocks in the ASX 300, so I've got my money invested in the balanced default option." He also said that members ...

mFund attracts 4 new fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian Securities Exchange's (ASX) mFun has added four new fund managers to its current offering, which brings the number of mFunds available to 55. The new funds are Platinum Asset Management's new Platinum Global fund, which aims to provide ...

AXA ESG SmartBeta fund available to retail investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... investment strategy Kathryn McDonald, said of the novel move to combine environmental, social and governance screens with a smart beta approach: "Overlaying smart beta with ESG is quite a new and novel concept but it's one we feel is a very positive ...

A tale of two A's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
We were treated to a tale of two A's over the past 24 hours - Apple and the A dollar. It was the best of times. Apple scripts jumped by 3.1% -- up 26% this year -- after launching its new products into the market. "Apple announced a smartwatch, mobile-payments ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher following overnight gains on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is up 18 points at 5,595. Enthusiasm about Apple's latest product launches have propelled US stocks higher ...

Netwealth brings portfolio management tool in-house

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
Netwealth has fully integrated the SMART portfolio management tool into its platform to improve user experience and client access to information. SMART was previously outsourced, and is a real time modelling and rebalancing system which provides advisers ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight. The September share price index futures contract is down 18 point at 5,585. Wall Street stocks have fallen, pulled down by major banks after the Federal Reserve ...

Super fees drop as fund war rolls on

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... industry funds in MySuper," the Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden said. Research found that ANZ Smart Choice Super is currently the cheapest public offer MySuper product in the market, with a 0.6% fee, while ANZ Staff Super ...

Advertising won't grow membership, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... their cross-selling potential. It found that ANZ has the highest proportion of banking customers who are also members of Smart Choice or OnePath (13.8%), while CBA has 10.9% who are members of either CBA Essential Super or Colonial First State, and NAB ...

Ex-Deutsche Bank exec joins Woolworths board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... travel, home and pet insurance. On its website, it states: "Into the future we look to bring you exciting new products like smart saving accounts and loans that keep things simple for you." However, a spokesperson for Woolworths said the appointment ...