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SMSFs can meet aspirational lifestyle: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
Latest research shows a significant proportion of Australians with self-managed super funds are set to retire with enough savings to fund lavish retirement lifestyles. SMSF actuarial certificate supplier Accurium claims many retirees with self-managed ...

Industry fund hires from Colonial First State

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... focused on the strategic and dynamic asset allocation advice for institutional portfolios ranging from under $500 million funds under management to over $5 billion FUM. Speaking to Financial Standard He says: "Having, in previous roles, occasionally ...

BlackRock merges ETF, unlisted fund sales teams in EMEA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
BlackRock has merged the teams responsible for sales of its iShares and unlisted managed funds products for its business in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The unified salesforce will be responsible for distribution of BlackRock's products to asset ...

New SMAs launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... code of ethics could create. A group of financial advisers have come together to launch the SMAs through Ethical Advisers Funds Management. The SMAs will screen out investments in oil, tobacco, weapons, heavy polluters, gambling and coal while targeting ...

Robeco launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... Allocation team headed by Guido Baltussen and Pim van Vliet. Zurich recently awarded Robeco a mandate for its diversified funds. Zurich head of savings and investments Matthew Drennan said: "Robeco has a strong history in factor investing. The Multi ...

AMP Capital hires fund manager from competitor

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... Capital after around seven years at GPT, where she began as head of product development in 2012, stablishing the firm's funds management strategy and leading the launch of its Metro Office fund. Reporting to AMP Capital managing director office and ...

AustralianSuper checks out robo advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... which have nothing to do with AustralianSuper and that's where we are seeing people getting advice from." Superannuation funds directly employed 969 advisers at the end of March, up from 713 three years ago, according to Rainmaker analysis of ASIC ...

Australia climbs up Mercer global pension index

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... wealth effect - which explains increased spending as a result of rising wealth - in relation to pension assets. With pension funds holding more by way of assets, Knox said people felt more financially secure and were thus borrowing money to improve their ...

Hong Kong hedge funds suffering: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
As protests continue in Hong Kong, hedge funds based in the region have seen the first negative net outflows recorded by the industry in a decade. Small to medium-sized funds, overseeing up to US$500 million in assets, have "bore the brunt" of investor ...

$26 billion super joint venture eyes more funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
A joint venture between two superannuation funds with a combined $26 billion and 150,000 members has today taken off, with the chief executive hinting more funds could become involved. Equipsuper and Catholic Super's joint venture is officially ...