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Inaugural Technical Paper of the Year awarded

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
A new benchmark for writing on managed accounts has been set with Mason Stevens taking home the first ever Financial Standard Technical Paper of the Year Award - Managed Accounts. Presented to Mason Stevens' managing director Thomas Bignill at the annual ...

Lower returns but higher balances for SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
One quarter of self-managed superannuation fund retirees have a less than 50% chance of achieving their retirement goals with the amount needed to afford a comfortable retirement jumping 17%. Latest research from the SMSF Association and Accurium demonstrates ...

AustralianSuper moves to opt-in insurance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
AustralianSuper has become the first major superannuation fund to make insurance opt-in for younger members in a bid to stop account erosion. Members of the industry fund who are under 25 when they join up will now be asked to "opt-in" to insurance ...

Lack of expertise driving down competition: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
In its submission to the Productivity Commission, APRA called out a lack of expertise and systems capabilities as hindering competition in the Australian financial sector. Noting the high levels of concentration in many financial industry sectors, measured ...

Super fund property manager leads global sustainability ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
Superannuation backed unlisted property fund manager ISPT is celebrating after two of its funds achieved strong results in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark. GRESB ranked ISPT's 50 Lonsdale Street Property Trust (50 Lon) in the top 10% ...

The British pound's sterling reversal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
Now that's how you jawbone a currency. The British pound soared to pre-Brexit levels against the US dollar and the Japanese yen - and to a two-month high against the strengthening euro - at the close of last week's trading. And no, it's not because ...

Setting the active record straight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
The overall performance of the active management industry is clouded by some well-known and widely-used benchmarks, according to Ariel Investments president Mellody Hobson. Speaking to Financial Standard at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Record turnout drives Managed Accounts Forum success

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
Delegates turned out in record numbers at the Sydney International Convention Centre, which played host to this year's Best Practice Forum on Managed Accounts. More than 260 delegates attended the event, including numerous advisers who seized the opportunity ...

Managed accounts demand dominates platform market

KARREN VERGARA  |  SUNDAY, 17 SEP 2017
The rate of growth managed accounts are experiencing - three times faster than any other segment of the platform market - will fundamentally change the role of financial advisers, latest Rainmaker research shows. Rainmaker Group director of research ...

The risk of under-insurance is real: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
Ignore the noise, the benefits of insurance in super far outweigh the negatives for claims recipients and the budget bottom line alike, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia believes. In a report released by the association today, director ...