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ANZ wealth flows decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... Smart Choice, One Answer Frontier - suffered net outflows of $1.8 billion. In FY17, net outflows totalled $1.1 billion. Funds under management for the pension and investments business stood at $49 billion, up 3% year on year. In terms of gross margins ...

Superannuation must catch up to gig economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... but it's causing adequacy headaches for Australia's retirement savings. It's an issue the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has raised on multiple occasions. "We know we are leaving some people behind in the current system, whether ...

Chief investment officer retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... Chris at board level and everyone at Wilson Asset Management wishes him well in his future endeavours," Wilson said. The funds management veteran will take on the chief investment officer role. "As chairman and CIO, I will continue to work closely with ...

Real return funds underperforming

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
In the last three years, real return funds have delivered two percentage points less than some traditional multi-asset funds as real return managers winded down their equities exposures. Latest Zenith research found real return funds cut their Aussie ...

More SMSF auditors disqualified

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... independence requirements. ASIC found both men separately breached auditor independence requirements in auditing their own funds, the fund of an immediate family member and the fund of a close family member. ASIC Commissioner John Price said self-managed ...

EM investors seek China alternative amid trade war

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... equity markets is worrying investors who are seeking alternative emerging markets exposure. This is according to King Irving Funds Management managing director Kate Mulligan, who sees emerging market investors becoming "nervous" about the escalating ...

Industry fund, IRESS begin automated advice journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... registry platforms, websites and portals, Hall said. It is understood IRESS is in discussions with other superannuation funds about the digital advice solution. WA Super general manager of distribution and advice Quyen Truong said the self-directed online ...

Productivity Commission counters group insurance research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... only; Cease insurance on accounts without contributions for 13 months unless members expressly choose otherwise; Require funds to publicly document rationales on the appropriateness of cover and the balance erosion trade-off; Make super funds adopt the ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
AustralianSuper and Equip Super are among the superannuation funds reassuring members as the S&P/ASX 200 slid close to its lowest in a year last Thursday. On October 25, The S&P/ASX 200 closed more than 6% lower than at the start of the year, on the ...

Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
As more superannuation funds and investment managers divest tobacco from portfolios and encourage others to follow suit, a Financial Standard poll shows the initiative has a mixed effect on investors. The survey, which asked what best described the ...