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Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... Cerulli have dedicated resources for ESG manager research, and others are considering adding resources. A separate Morningstar study found 73% of asset managers consider ESG factors when making investments. One institutional investor that is far advanced ...

SMSFs warrant PC review inclusion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... members move into retirement and go from paying some tax on fund earnings to zero tax. "The Commission will look at case study or survey evidence on whether funds target tax benefits to individual members during transition (and the administration costs ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
As the country head of global fund manager, Standard Life Investments' Simone Bouch knows a thing or two about the importance of investment performance. But if she'd followed through on her childhood ambition the focus would be performance of a somewhat ...

Financial Standard to present at upcoming netwealth webinar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... (SMSFs) sector will shape product development and innovation * Next big wave, the managed accounts pioneers (adviser case study) and global managed accounts trends You can register using the following link.

Half of SMSFs set for super change slug

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... superannuation altogether. That's according to modelling by actuaries Accurium in partnership with the SMSF Association. In a case study of a hypothetical 65 year old single male with an SMSF balance of $2.5 million and assets outside of super of $1 ...

Millennials' short-term thinking unrealistic

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... and long-term investment returns are inflated, possibly unrealistic, and set for disappointment, according to the latest study from Schroders. Releasing the results of its 2016 Global Investor Study, Schroders said investors between ages 18 and 35 recorded ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... investors' unrealistic expectations If investing in an increasingly hard to predict world isn't complex enough for fiduciaries, a study released by Schroders, their Schroders Global Investor Study 2016, reveals what they believe are unrealistic expectations ...

Retirement system needs work: Actuaries

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... than average," the Institute says. Drawing its views from two major research pieces, described as the most comprehensive study of Australian superannuation accounts ever undertaken, the Institute says the super balance exhaustion will only place further ...

Advisers need to leverage enormous ETF winds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... cited a US survey that showed 85% of Registered Investment Advisers use ETFs for core allocations, as well as a separate study where a majority of instos were holding ETFs for at least 12 months. "It may not be Aussie or global equities but it maybe ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... governments have tried to create a narrative that they are fiscally responsible and are on a path towards paying down debt, a study by Peterson Institute for International Economics has revealed that Australia's debt to GDP ratio deteriorated by 27 percentage ...