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Advance AM head of strategy steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... issue with Australia's prevailing asset management philosophy was that it was too tied to "economic data", and not enough focus was given to other factors such as investment psychology and geopolitical concerns. Explaining that his approach to investment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street posted solid gains following a big jump in US existing-home sales and a mixed bag of earnings reports from Boeing, McDonald's and others. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the June share price ...

Boutique launches two robo advice models

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... outcomes. The second product is aimed at financial advisers and is directed towards investment strategy rather than a product focus. Quilla currently advises on about $5 billion of funds across both institutional and advised client bases.

Bennelong partners 4 Corners to offer infrastructure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... of global portfolio manager. As the third principal, Goodsell will fill the role of global equity strategist. The team's focus in the short term is to work closely with Bennelong to build their distribution and marketing strategy, with plans to launch ...

ALP outlines superannuation tax policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
The federal ALP opposition has outlined a change to their superannuation tax policy that they estimate could save $1.4 billion per year and help rebalance superannuation. The policy was outlined by shadow Treasury spokesperson Chris Bowen who said it ...

AMP Capital appoints distribution head

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... infrastructure, global REITs and hedge funds. Richard Shields, who was managing director for the UK, Europe and Middle East will now focus primarily on the Middle East. Angell will report to AMP Capital chief executive international Anthony Fasso. Fasso ...

Grattan issues new report on super fees

ALEX BURKE, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... compete on cost while preserving asset allocation." Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive Sally Loane welcomed the focus on fees among default MySuper products especially as some of the lowest cost MySuper products are retail products, a point ...

Trowbridge proposals will hit consumers hardest

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... pass-rate - indicating that it should be adopted as the standard. He argued that the FSI's "job", then, should have been to focus on the other issues affecting the quality of life insurance advice, such as education, codes of conduct and client engagement. ...

Investors misunderstand smart beta: AXA IM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... 6%-8%, more akin to actively managed strategies, an approach that AXA IM adopts for its suite of products. "Smart beta must focus on Sharpe ratio rather than information ratio," he said.

Rice Warner consultant criticises MySuper fee disclosure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... poor disclosure. "There is still capacity for broad improvements in fee disclosure across the industry. This requires a focus on principles rather than a set of prescriptive rules," he said.