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Superannuation trustees under the spotlight: APRA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... area, which may be leading to unduly conservative liquidity management practices by some trustees," Rowell said. APRA's focus in the coming months will remain on ensuring all trustees are considering their future strategy and putting in place concrete ...

Negative Chinese news clouding opportunity: Wells Capital

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
A focus on dividends and the country's increasing weight in global indices mean Wells Capital emerging markets equity portfolio manager Alison Shimada is relaxed about negative media coverage and investor sentiment in China. Shimada says financial deregulation ...

Standard Life funds added to MLC wrap

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
Two Standard Life Investments funds have been added to MLC's platform. The Global Absolute Returns Strategies Australian Trust and Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies Australian Trust were established in 2006 and 2011 respectively. Both funds are ...

Industry meets behind closed doors to fix advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... lifting professional, ethical and education standards for financial advisers. The roundtable is the first of three and will focus on the Parliamentary Joint Committee report, following the inquiry into advice standards, the Assistant Treasurer's office ...

Advisers Register hits 22k

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... targeting next. He said ASIC continues to regard conflicted remuneration arrangements as a key risk indicator and an area of focus, as is vertical integration. "Many industry participants continue to receive conflicted remuneration due to there being ...

Future Fund grows to $117bn

AAP AND DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
The Future Fund has almost doubled since it was established in 2006. The fund, which aims to cover superannuation liabilities of federal public servants, stood at $117 billion at the end of March after generating a return of 15.1% in the first nine ...

MTAA launches transition to retirement investment option

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
MTAA Super has launched an investment option targeted at investors who are close to or transitioning to retirement, but want to retain some exposure to growth assets. The Income Focussed Option includes a 40% allocation to equities, 22.5% invested in ...

Sunsuper appoints institutional, sales execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... Plum. Mike Smith will be Sunsuper's national manager of corporate sales and will lead the business development team and focus on winning default superannuation mandates in the mid-market. Smith joined Sunsuper from Australian Unity, where he was head ...

Retirement income sector keeps pace with population changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... next 25 years the number of Australians aged 65 and over is expected to double and planners are actively shifting their focus to align with this."

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The latest fixed income market outlook from BlackRock's Rick Rieder poses the interesting question of whether there are some assets in a portfolio which are there for the long term and others which have a place for a short time, depending on opportunities ...