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Females and Gen Y expecting less

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... year, while all other generations would need to be earning upwards of $123,000 before considering themselves well -paid. The study, which was conducted by Ipsos and compiles the views of 2000 Australians aged 16 to 70, found that 66% of Australians define ...

Margin lending investors keen to borrow more

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... report said half of the 1418 margin lending investors surveyed believe Australian shares are currently undervalued. The study also highlights a range of promotions, incentives and product features that could be effective in assisting investors in acting ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... few years, he said profitability was clearly under pressure. His comments follow the FCA's interim Asset Management Market Study report, which found that, at least in the UK, there was weak price competition between asset managers in the active space ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... pensions market in the world, having surpassed Canada at the close of 2016. Willis Towers Watson's Global Pension Assets Study shows that Australia's higher aggregate weight to Australian cash and lower weight to bonds compared to Canada were among the ...

Hedge funds riding wave of uncertainty: AIMA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... three years," Bensted explained. "Investors, however, are looking for hedge funds to produce more than high returns; as this study shows hedge funds have delivered solid risk-adjusted returns over the short and longer terms, a facet of hedge funds that ...

Swell in advisers seeking higher education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... being conducive to future success. According to Kaplan, enrolments into its Master of Financial Planning program's first study period of 2017 have increased by 20% year on year, with enrolments increasing 25% overall since the introduction of the professional ...

In-house investment leading mandate charge

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... (CIFR) found there was no common practice or approach to super funds in-sourcing investments. However co-author of the CIFR study, Dr Geoff Warren, said in-sourcing was being driven by two common factors: the industry's sheer growth, where in-house management ...

Spending and debt, Australia's biggest test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... further 44% blamed housing affordability as the cause of their unease, while 42% cited their level of household debt. The study was undertaken in December and surveyed 1000 Australians, finding that saving is the top priority (34%) this year, while 25% ...

Insurance bonds meeting retirement income demand

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... variable payments, a flexible investment profile and ad-hoc access to lump sums. To illustrate, Austock Life used the case study of a 65-year-old with a $650,000 inheritance looking for a 20-year income stream of $40,000 per annum. The first $400,000 ...

APAC multi-asset strategies receive tick

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... classes saw a further 28% improvement, and those who went from three to four experienced an additional 7% improvement. The study analysed monthly performance figures of Saxo's APAC clients trading leveraged securities such as CFDs, FX, stocks, futures ...