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Super funds and weapons of mass destruction

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... advisory services Michael Armitage told delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference that the zero-to-negative interest rate environment is pushing super funds to increase their derivatives exposure, especially ...

No room for complacency: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... of, there's no room for complacency. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference, Rowell said now that higher account balances are skewing towards retirees, super funds need to rethink their benefit design ...

Female Excellence Award finalists announced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... mentoring, education, gender diversity and future vision, with the winner to be announced at the AFA National Adviser Conference in October.

Tracing super back to 1517

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... long bow to draw, McFarlane told delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference that in many ways, the medieval Catholic church wasn't unlike the philosophy underpinning defined benefit schemes: "buy plenary ...

Latin America: the best-kept investment secret

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... officer Juan Carlos Botero. He told delegates at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference that there was generally less investor understanding of the region than the broader emerging markets universe. However, with ...

The disconnect at the heart of financial services

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... Shead, who discussed the concept of motivation at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast. He referred to State Street's research on the idea of "phi," which attempted to delineate a "hidden variable" ...

The pointy end of super regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... key pieces of industry regulation. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast, new AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said she "couldn't have timed her appointment better" given the ...

Markets are stronger than Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... any current geopolitical volatility. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Super Investment Conference on the Gold Coast, Hobson said it's dangerous to attempt to orient one's investment decisions around political ephemera - ...

Adviser education renews ethics focus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... because they must. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will address ethics at its upcoming National Adviser Conference. Click to view the conference program. Roy Morgan research shows the advice profession has, at the high end, maintained its ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... is a powerful platform to build on over the coming quarters. Latest survey and data releases corroborate this. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index had strengthened in July (120.0) and August (122.9) compared with all three months of the ...