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YBR boutique wins $50 million mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... wholesale investors. "Smarter Money Active Cash was designed to deliver superior performance in both rising and falling interest rate climates, by avoiding traditional fixed-rate bond duration risks," SMI co-chief investment officer Darren Harvey said. ...

APRA shakes up executive team, addresses super conflicts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... objectives. He discussed lending standards for housing, FSI recommendations, private health insurance and conflicts of interest in superannuation. On the final point, Byres noted that while there have been improvements in superannuation trustees' practice ...

The real problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... despite the BCB raising its benchmark target SELIC rate five times since April. The central bank has steadily lifted interest rates since the SELIC rate bottomed at 7.25% in March 2013. It raised its target rate again last month to 12.75%, less than ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
The share market has opened higher on growing expectations of a Reserve Bank interest rate cut. Early gains of 1.3 per cent followed a strong session on Wall Street overnight, as the US central bank's Federal Open Market Committee said the labour market ...

Instos prefer direct infra investment over funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
Institutional investors' demand for direct infrastructure has outgrown the demand for fund commitments, the 2015 Preqin Global Infrastructure Report found. Only two years ago, 91% of investors were looking to invest in infrastructure through managed ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
Former Platinum deputy chief investment officer Jacob Mitchell has launched a new high conviction global equity boutique called Antipodes Global Investment Partners, three months after resigning from star manager Kerr Neilson's firm. Mitchell and his ...

Affinia develops life insurance advice tool

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... group Affinia Financial Advisers has unveiled The Strategic Advice Cashflow Tool, software designed for delivering "best interest"-compliant life insurance advice. Affinia's tool comprises a "needs analysis and cashflow calculator" and forms a part of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... looks set to open higher after Wall Street surged more than one per cent following the Federal Reserve's statement on interest rates. At 0815 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,880. In its post-meeting ...

Marketing key to $480bn post-retirement opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... surveyed (60.2%) said they would be likely to use a scaled advice service offered by their main fund, up from 56.2% in 2014. Interest in scaled advice is higher among pre-retirees (64.3% vs. 52.9%) and strongest among corporate fund and industry fund ...

China millennials dictate future of emerging-market investment

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... as opposed to goods manufactured in, say, France or Italy, which are popular with older Chinese consumers - due to an interest in Korean popular culture and fashion. "Duty-free business at Korean airports is hopping as a result," Suzuki said. He continued ...