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BGL enhances life insurance solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Self-managed super funds can now obtain quotes and review life insurance policies via SMSF admin software Simple Fund 360. Parent company BGL Corporate Solutions appointed AIA Australia as the underwriter and Australian Group Insurances (AGI) to provide ...

Former NAB risk committee chair joins Wingate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... committee. The WIP trusts co-invest with Wingate in a portfolio of private debt instruments representing about $500 million in funds under management. Rizzo has held multiple senior roles in the finance and broader corporate spheres, including head of ...

Westpac sells $12bn asset manager

ALEX BURKE, DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... its infrastructure manager subsidiary. Subject to due diligence and regulatory approvals, Northill will acquire Hastings Funds Management. The terms of the agreement are currently confidential. Based in London, Northill manages about US$48 billion in ...

Quant manager ties momentum with machine

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... learning but there are very few doing it or researching it," he said. Recently Man Group announced it would use Grant Samuel Funds Management to distribute the Man AHL Alpha (AUD) Fund in Australia and New Zealand, along with future products. In May ...

Students to manage university fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... Investment Fund provides an authentic learning experience that includes a hands-on education, managing Griffith University funds." Bianchi added that providing access to real funds and live data was crucial to ensuring the Griffith Business School students ...

ASIC reviews RG97 impact

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... response to the industry's outcry around the practical challenges in implementing the changes. The regulator was pleased that funds have been investing in improving fee disclosure thus far, but recognised that "accurate fee and cost disclosure is complex ...

Melbourne boutique shutters under passive pressure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... investors with the termination process to commence on 1 December 2017. "Despite our best efforts we have been unable to raise funds in the Concise Mid Cap Fund to a sustainable level. Moreover, the trend towards passive investment and the consolidation ...

Financial services firms eye machine learning

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... professionals are increasingly looking at ways to integrate unstructured data into an overall model. The most advanced hedge funds or quant hedge funds are currently gaining value out of machine learning, while others are "running really fast to catch ...

SMSF balance gap to close: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... contribution splitting strategies to rebalance and remain within the $1.6 million transfer balance cap. About 29% of two member funds may need to rebalance to remain within the cap. When it comes to asset allocation preferences, females prefer defensive ...

Capital Group takes aim at the fund size myth

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... Hennessy. Speaking at a media event in Sydney, Hennessy noted that Australian investors have been consistently told that large funds underperform "because they are forced to turn to lower conviction ideas, and that active management cannot outperform ...