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New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... ratio can go up from 0.4 to 0.8." By combining these strategies in a portfolio and implementing them efficiently with a focus on risk management and limiting trading costs, CFM believes it has found a gap in the market for an alternatives fund which ...

MLC takes axe to life insurance premiums

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
MLC has announced it is cutting premiums for two life insurance products by up to 15% as part of a reinvigoration aimed solely at attracting new customers. The premium cuts come into effect at the same time MLC is beginning its customer smartwatch fitness ...

FPA awards associate adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has revealed the winners of the Associate Financial Planner of the Year Award, the Student of the Year Award and the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. The winner of the 2015 FPA Associate Financial Planner (AFP) ...

FPA promises continuity in leadership succession

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chairman Neil Kendall said that the organisation's strategy has not changed, despite the leadership reshuffle. "We have just changed the bus driver," he said. Speaking to the media at the FPA Congress in Brisbane ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
As the SMSF rush slows down, Laura Millan asks whether individual funds will withstand harsher market conditions and reviews member direct investment options. It is a known fact that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) outperformed funds regulated by the ...

IOOF awards small cap mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... group head of research and portfolio construction for the IOOF group, said. "We believe their investment process, with its focus on fundamental research, is particularly well-suited to finding quality small companies with the potential to outperform ...

JBWere announces three senior appointments

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... Monday, 23 November 2015, and JBWere chief executive Justin Greiner said the new appointments will further enable the firm to focus on improving client experience, and the growth and development of the business. "The industry is changing, advice needs ...

Rantall to step down as FPA CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... decision at the FPA Professionals Congress in Brisbane. Rantall will step down from the role at the end of February 2016 to focus on non-executive director positions. FPA general manager of policy and professionalism Dante De Gori will be replacing Rantall ...

Madison FG grows advisers by 20%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... Jaime Johns, to support the growing number of advisers. Johns is now national practice development manager and she will focus on growing the business. She has extensive experience in training and practice management. Prior to working at Capstone, she ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... around. At $2 trillion, and the fourth largest private pension system in the world, super was always going to be the major focus of the Murray Inquiry. It is essential that superannuation works as it is one of our few truly intergenerational policies ...