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Mercer allocates $150M AXA IM global SmartBeta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
Mercer's investment business in Australia has allocated $150 million to AXA Investment Managers' global investment grade SmartBeta credit strategy. The mandate complements other managers within Mercer's global credit portfolio and aims at achieving ...

Advisers show overwhelming support for ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... strategy Kevin Quigg said. "Advisers are rethinking the products they use at the core of their portfolios with advanced beta or smart beta ETFs beginning to replace traditional passive index exposures. "ETFs free part of an expense and risk budget to ...

Banks eye Google Glass as tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Westpac is developing a Google Glass application that will allow users to access bank accounts, make fund transfers or locate nearby ATM machines. The bank announced this week that it is currently developing an application for Google Glass, which is ...

NGS Super rebrands, launches new logo

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Industry fund NGS Super has rebranded, launching a new logo, website, refreshed advertising and a smartphone application. NGS Super chief executive Anthony Rodwell- Ball said the rebranding was aimed at representing all of its member base, which encompasses ...

FSC awards life insurance companies

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has given out its 2014 Life Insurance Awards at a black tie event in Sydney. AMP director of insurance Megan Beer won the Industry Pioneer award, while BT Financial national manager of underwriting, new business ...

Praemium upgrades CRM planning software

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Praemium has upgraded its WealthCraft CRM and financial planning software to the cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. The new user-friendly interface allows users to perform their usual business and financial planning tasks in one place. The ...

Gen Y getting the income stream message

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... year, compared to the over 55s' $18,000 and $40,000. Both groups said their first priority was "to grow my super through smart investment", with Gen Y listing better education as the second. AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said: "It's good to see that ...

netwealth improves tech features for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... advisers with a new website design and mobile access to client reports. Advisers are now able to access client reports from a smart phone or a tablet device. Reports can be run for any period and include the statement of advice and the account snapshot ...

Instos lose chasing high hedge fund returns

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... markets turn and part of the job of a good hedge fund manager is to stick to the process. "In bull markets everybody looks smart but if it doesn't last, then what?" he said. "It's not a question of 'if' but 'when' and at five years old this bull market ...

AXA IM includes ESG in smart beta offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has developed a smart beta investment option that includes environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. The ESG version of AXA IM's SmartBeta solution will be presented to institutional investors as an alternative ...