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UniSuper establishes on-campus footprint

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
The $66 billion superannuation fund is expanding its advice capabilities through a "bricks-and-mortar" network. UniSuper has opened its first on-campus advice premises at five Australian universities, including Monash University, the University of New ...

BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
BlackRock will delist five of its 19 US-domiciled iShares exchange-traded funds from the ASX and convert the remainder as Australian-domiciled ETFs. The world's largest asset manager is moving towards a locally-domiciled product range and the 14 ETFs ...

Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
The US Federal Reserve's 1-2 May FOMC meeting was both expected and a non-event - it kept the fed funds rate target at 1.5%-1.75% and more or less cut and pasted the FOMC Statement at its 20-21 March meeting. Well, maybe less, for May's statement was ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Financial Standard's latest roundtable event turned attention to how fund managers, financial advisers, researchers and analysts build investment portfolios for market crises. SQM Research head of research Robert da Silva says behavioural insights over ...

ASIC deregisters 117 SMSF auditors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
The corporate regulator cancelled the registrations of 117 SMSF auditors after they failed to lodge annual statements. The auditors stripped of their registrations will no longer be able to audit self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs). "Conducting ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
An overwhelming number of people who work in life insurance believe the industry needs government backing so it can properly regulate. In a survey conducted by DST Systems, a large number of respondents (85%) want to engage with ASIC to strengthen the ...

Research expert joins Fidelity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
Fidelity International announced the former head of Australian research at T. Rowe Price will join the $422 billion investment manager. As the new director of research, Sydney-based Viral Patel will be responsible for a team of 10 analysts. He starts ...

Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
"My fellow Australians, ask not what your country can do for the Australian dollar, ask what the Australian dollar can do for your country." That's me bastardising John F. Kennedy's inaugural address as the 35th US President back in 1961 (before I was ...

Industry fund simplifies super access

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
An enhancement to the online member portal of a $2.3 billion industry superannuation fund is making it easier for retirees to access their retirement savings. Once a member of Intrust Super reaches preservation age, a 'Join Pension' option now appears ...

Retail unit trusts leaking FUM

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
Retail unit trusts now hold only 47% of the managed funds segment in Australia, down from 75% at the time of GFC, according to new Rainmaker research. The $755 billion managed funds segment in Australia includes retail unit trusts, exchange traded funds ...