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Cormann commits to change in face of Labor moratorium

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
Shadow minister for financial services and superannuation Matthias Cormann has echoed Treasurer Chris Bowen's calls for super certainty but refused to back a five-year moratorium on changes to the system. Bowen laid down a challenge to the Coalition ...

Lonsec shuts door on rating 'shopping' with new rankings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
Research house Lonsec has added two new ratings, including one which gives greater transparency for instances where a product is removed from the rating process - a practice used by managers to avoid unfavourable ratings. From 1 July, new Australian ...

New Bloomberg tool a 'game changer'

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Bloomberg has unveiled a suite of tools and analytics for investor relations professionals to better manage their workflow. Bloomberg's investor relations offering centralises the information, news, research and analytics needed to monitor the markets ...

EDHEC-Risk reveals risk control plan

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
After a three-year study into the European collective investment scheme industry, the EDHEC-Risk Institute has recommended a system of 'shared responsibility' to limit the non-financial risks which emerged following the global financial crisis. The ...

VicSuper adopts fresh approach to sovereign exposure

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
Victorian superannuation fund, VicSuper recently made significant changes to its core international fixed interest portfolio to better manage what it regards as heightened global sovereign risk. Working with investment adviser Towers Watson, fund manager ...

Outsourcing helps UK trustees better manage funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
UK pension fund trustees increasingly want to outsource day to day management of their fund's functions to a third-party manager, according to a poll by Russell. "With trustees under increased time-pressure there is a need for increased delegation ...

QIC awards Molpus alternative timber mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
Investment manager QIC has awarded a mandate to US-based Molpus Woodlands Group, with the timber specialist purchasing 42,000 acres on behalf of the QIC Alternative Beta Fund. QIC is not disclosing the dollar value of the mandate, although it is believed ...

FOFA passing causes industry division

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
The Future of Financial Advice legislation has successfully passed through the House of Representatives to very mixed reactions from the wealth management industry. Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten called the legislation "historic reforms" ...

Financial Standard launches SelectingSuper iPad app

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
Financial Standard has released the SelectingSuper iPad app, following on from the successful launch of the Financial Standard newspaper iPadA(R) app in August last year. The SelectingSuper iPadA(R) app provides the first opportunity for superannuation ...

Call for new generation annuities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
The Actuaries Institute has called for tax disincentives to be removed from deferred lifetime annuity products found in overseas markets, along with the development of a new generation of annuities in its pre-budget submission to the Federal Government. ...