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Go-it-alone investment culture taking hold in Europe

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Direct-to-consumer retail distribution via platforms is on the rise in the UK and the rest of Europe looks set to follow, according to new research by global analytics firm Cerulli. In the United Kingdom the low-margin business of fund distribution ...

Active managed fund returns worsen against indices

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
The average active fund's performance versus index strategies has worsened compared to the previous six months, according to the S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) Scorecard. The report, issued semi-annually, tracks the performance of ...

ACSI names new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has appointed Louise Davidson as chief executive following current chief executive Gordon Hagart's decision to return to Europe. Davidson is currently the environmental, social and governance investment ...

The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Maybe June. Perhaps one of the 'ber' months of 2015. Could be early 2016 or later that year. Or... until the twelfth of never? This, as much, is what the much-awaited minutes of the 17-18 March FOMC meeting told us. That Yellen & Co, themselves, aren't ...

AMP Capital names successor to property fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
AMP Capital has appointed a fund manager from Lend Lease to manage its Diversified Property Fund. Kylie O'Connor will be responsible for delivering the strategy, growth and investment performance of the $4.2 billion fund. She takes over the baton from ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
The share market has been boosted by a lift in iron ore and crude oil prices and continued expectation of lower interest rates. The market had put aside a weak lead from Wall Street and investors were focusing on the outlook for Australian interest ...

Xpress Super grows online trading suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Accounting firm and self-managed super fund administrator SuperGuardian's low-cost Xpress Super service has expanded its partnerships with online trading platforms. Investors using the Xpress Super service will now be able to make use of CommSec, Open ...

PROFILE: HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
"I love the fact that Melbourne has lots of immigrants and great, multicultural suburbs," she says, comparing it to the quiet suburb in Durban, South Africa, where she spent most of her childhood and early years of her adult life. A computer programmer ...

Regional banks call for FSI reforms without delay

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
Australia's four leading regional banks raised three key issues in their submission to the federal government's Financial System Inquiry Final Report recently. Regional banks including Suncorp Bank, ME Bank, Bank of Queensland and Bendigo and Adelaide ...

Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
It's a hat trick. It's three for three. Three times that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) wrong-footed market expectations. Governor Glenn Stevens cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a record low 2.25% back in February when markets expected ...