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Technology features driving superannuation product development

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
A Rainmaker study of extra benefits and features being offered by super funds in Australia reveals that technology and communication-oriented features are the most active area of product development. Rainmaker noted the results show that funds realise ...

Robotic stock picking: the future is now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
The world's largest fund manager has shifted the goal posts for active equity investment, announcing it will take the enormous step of combining humans and machines for stock selection. The question is what scale does this new man and machine combination ...

Stone and Chalk lends voice to start-ups by women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
It may be the week before the Easter break but it's business as usual at fintech hub Stone & Chalk with last Tuesday's networking pow-wow packed to the rafters. The inaugural 'Power Women in Fintech' panel discussion was held at the Sydney headquarters ...

HHV appoints coal company chair

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Listed ethical investment company Hunter Hall Global Value has named the chair of coal company New Hope Group as an interim director. Robert Millner joined HHV's board following chair Paul Jensen's removal so it could comply with ASX listing standards ...

Hunter Hall LIC chair ousted

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The chair of Hunter Hall Global Value (HHV) has been removed from the board following a tense extraordinary general meeting yesterday. In February, Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson lodged a requisition of shareholdings meeting to remove HHV's ...

Plato fund oversubscription heralds income appetite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... it for a zero-taxpayer. A retiree has clear benefits from franking; we can get a 5% yield from the equity market and an extra 2% yield from franking, resulting in a target 7% income on a forward-looking basis," Birtles said. "When we started, there was ...

BT and Asgard add bond fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... the fund was also made available on Macquarie Wrap. At the time, King said: "Whilst many fixed income managers are seeking extra returns by drifting further into credit and other higher risk debt securities, JCB's focus is on the most defensive true-to-label ...

Responsible investing demand unstoppable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
Global demand for ethical investment strategies and products is putting more pressure on asset managers to generate returns beyond hard performance numbers. Australia and New Zealand held A$675 billion in sustainable investment assets in 2016, or 50.6% ...

Contango founder ousted in leadership battle

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
Two Contango MicroCap (CTN) directors were removed following an extraordinary general meeting and a third resigned prior to resolutions being passed. Ian Neil Ferres and Contango Asset Management founder David Stevens were unseated during the EGM, while ...

Global healing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
It could have been triggered by anything imaginable under the sun, but the financial markets' correction - due to Trump's repeal/replace Obamacare failure - should be seen as that, one that "corrects" overvalued levels that have run ahead of fundamentals. ...