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IRESS acquires digital advice compliance business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
IRESS will acquire a regtech and data analytics provider after making a minority investment in the business last year. Lucsan provides financial advisers with comprehensive compliance coverage including daily oversight, targeted adviser auditing, best ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised global slowing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
If the just-released results of the JP Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI survey are any indication, the synchronised global upswing that was the stuff of investor optimism in the latter part of last year is beginning to lose momentum. The survey shows..."the ...

Industry fund launches lifecycle default option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
A $7 billion industry superannuation fund is launching a default option that will automatically adjust with members' age. The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund's LifetimeOne option, to be launched in May, aims to give members better ...

Focus on tax outcomes to drive up member returns: Parametric

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
Research from Parametric shows a tax-efficient super investment portfolio can demonstrably improve member outcomes. The report, co-authored by chief investment officer Paul Bouchey, research managing director for Australia Raewyn Williams and researcher ...

New regulations will choke unlisted property market: PFA

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
Treasury's proposal to increase regulation around unlisted property funds will invariably reduce the number of products available to retail investors, according to the Property Funds Association. The PFA said the design and distribution obligations ...

Facebook scandal raises ESG concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
It's the data breach that led Edward Snowden to describe Facebook as a surveillance company rebranded as a social media one - and it's now having serious implications on ethical investment strategies. Summarised, Facebook is currently embroiled in multiple ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
Isn't Australia part of the lucky group of countries (that include the EU, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea) US President Donald Trump, in all his benevolence, graciously granted exemptions (albeit, temporarily) from his protectionist ...

Chief economist update: The survey says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
With China in the centre of US president Donald Trump's protectionist crosshairs, China needs the result of latest surveys on its economy like a hole in the head...or so it seems. In early March, China's purchasing managers' indices surveyed by both ...

Natixis unveils ESG global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Natixis Investment Managers has launched a new global equities fund aimed at Australian institutional investors, in partnership with a $14 billion socially responsible investment affiliate. The new fund will assess companies on eight sustainable development ...

Royal Commission could lead to credit crunch: UBS

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Recent UBS commentary suggests one plausible scenario where the knock-on effects of the Royal Commission could lead to a "credit crunch" scenario. In an update co-authored by analysts Jonathan Mott and Rachel Bentvelzen as well as economists George ...