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Aussie instos buy ex-US value story

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... Index - an index which excludes the US and Canada. Hartford adds Australian institutional investors such as superannuation funds and government-related funds have been diversifying out of their home country for years and it's why they find his approach ...

FSC aggregates insurance industry data

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... product development. Loane thanked the chief executives of insurance groups that are also members of the FSC. Superannuation funds added to Life Insurance Code of Practice The FSC has also added the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice ...

AFCA funding lacks transparency: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... funding models in its submission. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said there was a "moral and legal obligation" on super funds to ensure that members' savings were not used to fund the resolution of complaints in other areas of the finance sector. ...

Airlie backs financials but wary on banks

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
Airlie Funds Management and its first pitch to retail investors includes an investment thesis which currently excludes three of the big four banks from its concentrated Australian share portfolio. Magellan's acquisition of Airlie Funds Management ...

Super enters new digital advice realm

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018
... chosen super fund. Link Advice chief executive Duncan McPherson said the new tool would provide members of Link's client funds with easy-to-understand advice delivered personally and in a familiar manner. "This latest upgrade brings a human element ...

Best in show should not dampen competition: Bowen

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said it is hard to argue against a case for better-performing superannuation funds as put forth by the Productivity Commission, yet the best in show approach must be careful that it doesn't dampen competition. Speaking at ...

SMSFA slams PC draft findings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
The SMSF Association has slammed the Productivity Commission for labelling smaller-sized self-managed super funds as "fundamentally flawed" and for not comparing returns on a level playing field. In its submission to the Productivity Commission's draft ...

Member takes $50 billion industry fund to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... Australasia. Rainmaker data estimates that as at June 2017, UN PRI signatories in Australia represented about half of all super funds under management, with the largest super fund signatories being BT Financial Group, AustralianSuper and Colonial First ...

SPECIAL FEATURE: Breaking the custody mould

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... SmartChaser predicts the time these trades. J.P. Morgan leverages technology from markets-based product Athena to its custody and funds administration business. HSBC too is working on a new platform called OneCustody, alongside working to develop APIs ...

Future of superannuation leads FSC Summit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... groups and distributors are important, the superannuation industry must put clients first as it's their money that the funds manage not the advisers'. "The reason why the industry has not made progress is that we are divided," Cummins said. "We ...