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Bank life risk businesses lose market share

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Bank-owned insurers including CommInsure and NAB/MLC have lost some of their share of the life insurance risk market to the likes of TAL and AIA owing to significant falls in the sale of new premiums, the latest data from Strategic Insight shows. Numbers ...

Legg Mason, AB funds highly recommended

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
The Legg Mason Martin Currie Equity Income Trust and the AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund have received highly recommended ratings from Lonsec in the research house's latest review. Launched in 2011, the Legg Mason Martin Currie Equity Income Trust ...

New BetaShares fund combats investor bias

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
BetaShares has launched a new Portfolio Diversifier ETF which excludes the largest 20 shares. The BetaShares Australian Ex-20 Portfolio Diversifier ETF is designed to track an index providing exposure to about 180 listed stocks on the ASX assessed by ...

EAM Investors wins first Australian mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Pacific Current Group's specialist global small and micro-cap boutique manager, EAM Investors, has won its first Australian institutional mandate. IOOF Investments has added the fund manager's Emerging Markets Small Cap Strategy to its IOOF MultiMix ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Germany trade balance Germany's trade surplus expanded by 2.6% to €20.0 billion in August - in line with market expectations - from July's €19.5 billion surplus as exports grew by much more than imports over the month, 5.4% versus 3.0%. Germany's ...

Industry bodies united on group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
On the eve of the Financial Services Council publishing its Life Insurance Code of Practice, industry bodies have collectively reinforced their beliefs on the purpose of group insurance in superannuation. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

BlackRock launches smart beta ETF suite

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
BlackRock has launched four new exchange-traded funds in Australia, targeting minimum volatility and multifactor strategies. The iShares Edge Smart Beta products comprise the iShares Edge MSCI Australia Minimum Volatility ETF, the iShares Edge MSCI ...

Cities over countries for TH Real Estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Understanding local, long-term structural trends is key to preserving investment value and unlocking performance growth in cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, according to TH Real Estate. The firm's head of global research Alice Breheny ...

Findex hit with penalties

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Findex Group and Financial Index Australia (FIA) have each paid $10,800 in penalties following the issuing of infringement notices by ASIC for potentially misleading claims on the Findex website. Between August and December 2015, FIA published posts ...

Popularity of annuity bonds set to soar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Indexed annuity bonds are expected to experience sales growth over the next 12 months as the reality of low interest rates and high volatility drives more investors to the asset class. FIIG Securities national manager of adviser services, Simon Michell ...