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Colchester receives Lonsec and Zenith rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Colchester Global Investors has received a "Highly Recommended" rating from Lonsec and a "Recommended" rating from Zenith. The ratings coincided with the recent appointment of Angela MacPherson, who will be taking on the role of head of distribution ...

Super governance at top of APRA agenda

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has highlighted three superannuation governance issues it will prioritise in its regulatory agenda for 2016. The first of these issues is what the regulator called "the robustness of strategic and business ...

Retail managed funds rose strongly in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... managed fund industry saw marked growth in the 2015 posting 7.5% growth in funds under management, according to figures from Plan For Life. The numbers show retail managed fund assets under management grew to $748.8 billion in what the researcher described ...

FPA supports "bitter harvest" recommendations

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
The Financial Planning Association has come out in support of the Senate Economics References Committee's recommendations for stronger ASIC penalties and redefining the term "general advice". FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said that the FPA "recognises ...

CFS upgrades FirstChoice and FirstWrap

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
Colonial First State (CFS) has made more enhancements to its platforms to help advisers spend less time on back-office work and more time in front of their clients. CFS general manager product and investments, Peter Chun, said the improvements responded ...

UK to introduce lifetime ISAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... including the introduction of auto-enroll pensions in 2012, pension choice in 2014 and significant increases in the other pension plan contribution limits. The UK Lifetime ISA scheme is loosely modeled on similar schemes in the US and benevolent schemes ...

Mercer calls for total retirement income perspective

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
In response to the Federal Government's objective of superannuation discussion paper Mercer called for clear short and long term objectives to provide secure retirement for all Australians. In a statement Mercer welcomed the government's invitation ...

New insurance industry guidance on its way

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... electronic insurance transactions so that the database can readily be maintained. Also speaking at the session named "An industry plan for sustainable insurance" was CHR Consulting actuary Jeff Humphreys who said the insurance market suffered a profitability ...

Senate recommends immediate adviser bans following "bitter harvest"

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
The Senate Economics References Committee has recommended legislative amendments which would allow ASIC to immediately suspend a financial adviser if "egregious misconduct" is suspected. Released today, the committee's report on the agribusiness managed ...

AXA IM sees inflows double

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) saw record net new money inflows in 2015, with strong demand coming from Australia and the wider Asia Pacific region. AXA IM pulled in €42 billion ($62 billion) globally in the 12 months to 31 December 2015, a 120% ...