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Managed funds back on the menu for investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Domestic market volatility has driven investors back to professional fund managers, according to Investment Trends Research. Based on a survey of 9,793 Australian investors, Investment Trends' 2015 Investor Product Needs Report notes that although unlisted ...

Riskier glidepaths could be one retirement answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
A global retirement solutions executive says a stable, or even climbing, asset allocation glidepath in post-retirement may be a more sensible approach for target-date superannuation funds. J.P. Morgan Asset Management global head of retirement solutions ...

Munich Re Australasia MD and global CEO step down

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
Both the Australasia managing director and the chief executive of Munich Re have announced they will step down from their roles. Heinrich Eder, Australasia MD since November 2005, was previously general manager non-life at Munich Re Australasia. Prior ...

Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
Superannuation funds must have a vested interest in reducing the number of indigenous Australians who are fully or severely financially excluded from the mainstream. This was the constant message delivered by First Nations Foundation chief executive ...

Little separates Australia's largest custodians

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
Assets under custody between Australia's two largest custodians narrowed significantly during the second half of 2015, with less than $11 billion separating NAB Asset Servicing and J.P. Morgan. NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) recorded a 16.8% decline in total ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
US personal income and outlays Sluggish US personal income and spending data have doused speculations of an April rate hike - prompted by St. Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments last week that, "You get another strong jobs report, it looks ...

VicSuper creates climate change committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
VicSuper has established a climate change and investments steering committee to form its strategy around managing climate change risk across the superannuation fund's investment portfolio. In a letter to members, VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Brazil unemployment The unemployment rate in Latin America's biggest economy jumped to 8.2% in February from 7.6% in the previous month. This is slightly higher than expectations for a rise to 8.1% but is the highest since May 2009. Hardly surprising ...

Planners turning to annuities and outcome funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Financial planners are increasingly turning away from cash and term deposits for their retirement clients while annuities and outcome-orientated funds are becoming more popular destinations for new client money instead, according to the latest retirement ...

Martin Currie cautious on dividend growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Companies continuing to cut their capital expenditure year-on-year to shore up cash flows primarily for dividend growth are not good candidates for income funds, according to one Australian equity house. At a Martin Currie Australia briefing in Sydney ...