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Absolute returns no longer the domain of instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
A wider range of self-directed and self-managed superannuation fund investors are recognising the benefits and role of absolute return strategies in a balanced portfolio. This is the thought of Henderson Global Investors' head of alternative Australian ...

WAM finds returns in growth companies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... return of 24.5% for the year to the company's 20,000 retail shareholders, the majority of which have self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). To this end WAM said it submitted to and is monitoring the ASX's public consultation process regarding proposed ...

TAL launches ad campaign as LIF top of mind

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... campaign, Clark highlighted that the intent of the campaign was to grow awareness of TAL to support advisers and superannuation fund partners. "It is a campaign to create awareness of TAL with consumers, it is also a campaign to lift the whole category ...

Micro-investment app hits 100,000 users in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... into a partnership with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to create a similar app for superannuation contributions. It operates on the same principle, with excess from "rounded up" purchases invested into a user's super f ...

Super gets reality check on engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Choice chief executive Alan Kirkland told superannuation funds a few home truths this week, relaying several member perceptions about the industry ahead of research to be released by the consumer advocacy group. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation ...

"We were wrong about super": FSC chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
The superannuation system was sold incorrectly to Australians, according to the Financial Services Council's new chair Geoff Lloyd. Speaking on a panel at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne, Lloyd said: "The industry was wrong to sell super as ...

Treasurer ignored credit warnings: Bowen

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... conclude by issuing a warning: specifically, he said the government mustn't continue delaying and freezing the superannuation guarantee. "It is vital that we increase the SG," he said.

New $70bn MLC fund gives retail access to unlisted

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... access to the unlisted space, according to NAB Wealth executive general manager Paul Carter. Speaking on a panel on superannuation fund scale advantages at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne, Carter said: "Consolidation gives us better access to ...

Fund assets surge while market shrinks: FSC/Morningstar

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... of this has been driven by consolidation following previous merger and acquisition activity," the report said. Superannuation funds, in particular, have shrunk from representing 50.7% of all funds Morningstar tracks at 31 December 1994 to 36.0% at 31 ...

O'Dwyer says life insurance back on the agenda

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... determine whether those issues are indicative of wider problems across the life insurance sector." On the issue of superannuation, O'Dwyer reaffirmed the government's commitment to its formally-defined objective for the super system - that is, "To provide ...