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AllianceBernstein launches tail risk protection strategy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... outcomes are likelier in reality than the probability implied by a normal distribution." According to AllianceBernstein research, negative tail events have occurred more frequently in global financial markets in recent years than would historically be ...

Tides to turn for Platinum: Neilson

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... has a strong following in the advice community thanks to its long-term track record, bar the last two years. Rainmaker Research shows that the six Platinum funds that it follows outperformed their benchmarks over 5, 7 and 10-years to 30 April this year ...

Yuan to float free, in our dreams

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013

Smartphone apps could increase super engagement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
Half of all members are not engaged with their superannuation, according to the latest research by CoreData. However, around 50% of younger members - and a third of all respondents - said they would be more engaged if their fund offered a smartphone ...

Millinium wins top Morningstar ratings

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... eligibility. Millinium's Multi-Strategy Income Option and Dividend Income Mandate received the top award from the ratings and research house. Millinium chief investment officer Mark Phillips said he was pleased with the inflows that the funds strong ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... http://www.financialstandard.com.au/, can also be accessed in the app through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers ...

Affinia appoints new national manager

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... advisers." Parker said Gnanendran will also be responsible for the maintenance and development of market leading advice and research tools including Affinia's own internal risk research function. Other responsibilities include being a conduit between ...

Melbourne-based BDM joins Morningstar

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... increasing number of dealer groups, brokers, institutions, and other organisations to provide integrated solutions in research, software, and data. I'm confident that Guy will make a significant contribution to these efforts and to our broader mission ...

Planner numbers drop on FoFA changes

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... numbers of financial planners have dropped by 2% from a 2012 high point of 18,545 in 2012 according to recent Rainmaker research. According to the research there are currently 18,096 planners in Australia, with a loss of 450 from 2012. "On the surface ...

Retirement objective is income not performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... not all fund practitioners believe encouraging members to invest into default strategies is ideal, the irony from US research is that most members have surprisingly similar investment and retirement objectives. This highlights how "the major type of ...