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Cbus to launch 'self-managed' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
Industry fund Cbus will launch a member direct investment (MDI) option in mid-2014, following the lead of a number of other industry funds seeking to stem the flow to self-managed super funds (SMSFs). Referring to the new option as a 'self-managed product' ...

AMP Capital launches new adviser research tool

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
AMP Capital has launched a new online resource centre to help financial advisers have more meaningful investment conversations with their clients. Sitting on AMP Capital's website, the Adviser Resource Centre provides financial advisers with easy access ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Uh-oh, are we in trouble now (again)? Wall Street had a big fall overnight providing evidence to those who claim the previous day's bounce was that of a deceased feline. Reports are it's about the rotation out of dear (as in expensive not the lovey-dovey ...

EQT to buy ANZ Trustees for $150m

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
ANZ will sell its ANZ Trustees business to Equity Trustees (EQT) and form a new strategic relationship with the financial services provider involving a range of client referral and service arrangements. The transaction is expected to be completed in ...

PE backed IPOs outperform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
Initial public offerings backed by private equity investment managers out-perform other IPOs by a factor of almost 50:1, according to research just released by the private equity and venture capital association AVCAL. The study which was prepared by ...

ISA gives evidence to PC on inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) will today present its 'inverted bid' infrastructure funding model to the Productivity Commission (PC). ISA and its associated fund manager, IFM Investors, have long been talking about the inverted bid model, which spells ...

ASIC should regulate SMSFs as a financial product: PwC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has recommended that individual self-managed super funds (SMSF) should be treated as a financial product regulated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In a submission to the Financial System Inquiry ...

NGS Super lifts premiums for older members

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
NGS Super has unveiled the design of its new insurance offering, provided by the fund's existing group insurer CommInsure, to be launched on 1 July this year. The new deal involves significantly higher premiums and lower total and permanent disability ...

BOE has a problem to smile about

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
The Bank of England (BOE) is expected to do what the ECB and the BOJ and the Fed did before it when it meets tomorrow night - that is, keep monetary policy steady as she goes and of course... provide "forward guidance". The only difference is that BOE ...

SSFS awards $90M emerging markets mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has given Acadian Asset Management a $90 million emerging markets managed volatility mandate. Acadian AM is a joint venture between US fund manager Acadian Boston and Colonial First State that manages Australian ...