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Small data beats big data

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
Despite 90% of financial services professionals seeing big data as a priority for their business, very few understand how to use it, according to Mercer consumer marketing leader Cambell Holt. Speaking at the Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising ...

Super funds advised to be smart with technology

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
Superannuation funds are reminded to be cautious and take a holistic approach when implementing digital customer engagement tools as technology further shapes the industry. At a recent Milliman event discussing the digital age and its implications for ...

Henderson scores $2.6bn in mandates from Perennial buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... Australian equities mandates, but it is not clear who will be managing them, as both Perennial Value and Perennial Growth focus on this asset class. IOOF refused to clarify, saying that the group does not comment on individual mandates, and Henderson ...

PROFILE: IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... there - "Acquisitions are always opportunistic, they depend on what comes up at any point in time," he says - IOOF wants to focus now on achieving organic growth. "We want to go from being a very clever acquirer to a significant organic grower," he explains. ...

Remuneration has no bearing on advice quality

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... remuneration structures in the risk advice industry, managing director Wayne Handley argued that "we have to be careful that we focus on the quality of the advice and not the remuneration model, and sometimes that's lost in the wash." "Remuneration has ...

Henderson acquires IOOF's Perennial

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... Mickelburough said that the manager looks forward to "being part of an independent, investment-led firm, which will help us focus on investment performance for our clients and navigate our path to future growth." All transactions will be funded from ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following falls in US stocks. The June share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,761. The main Wall Street stock indexes were down by about 0.6 per cent on Friday, after a key consumer ...

Super mums must focus on retirement savings

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... impacts on how often and how seriously they are able to consider their financial position later in life. Given the clear focus that Aussie women place on their loved ones' wellbeing, it is worth turning their attention more consciously towards their ...

Van Eck launches small cap ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
Van Eck has launched Australia's first small cap exchange traded fund (ETF) that tracks the index using a smart beta approach. The Market Vectors Small Cap Dividend Payers ETF (MVS) includes only the most liquid ASX listed small companies and only those ...

Emerging markets equity fund launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... thesis over time, we will be able to generate excess returns and do so with less risk." According to Johnson, the strategy's focus on the quality of individual businesses has led to a portfolio significantly different from its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging ...