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ANZ Wealth adds SMAs to platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... introduce 13 new Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) to professionally managed portfolios of direct equities and exchange traded funds. ANZ Wealth head of wrap Dean Faglioni said: "This latest enhancement to our wrap platform responds to investor and ...

Australians failing to act on increased retirement cost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... HSBC believes Australians are unlikely to do anything about ensuring they achieve it. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's Retirement Standard, which tracks the rise and fall of items included in average household budgets, shows that ...

Cuffe partners with EGP Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... mandate, healthy yields, and will not be leveraged. Sydney-based EGP Capital charges zero management fees for any of its funds, but will charge a performance fee once a fund hits a certain benchmark. Since launching in 2011, it has delivered a 16.7% ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, bans former executives and fund managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... million held by the managed investment scheme known as the Premium Income Fund (PIF) on behalf of unitholders, using the funds to pay debts owed by other related entities in the MFS Group. The MFS Group collapsed in 2008 owing $2.5 billion. The court ...

Banks charging more for less in super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Retail funds collected $8.7 billion in superannuation fees in 2016 despite delivering 2% less per annum in performance over 10 years, according to Rainmaker research. The Rainmaker report was commissioned by Industry Super Australia, which argued that ...

Robo-advice not a priority for 2017-18: Spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... Meanwhile Bravura Solutions, said: "With the robo-advice market predicted to grow significantly over the next few years, funds not investing in this area ignore it at their peril." (Also see " Future Fit: Financial Advisers Thriving in the Digital Age ...

Funds management veteran retires

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
The founder of Sirius Fund Management is retiring from the investment management industry after 34 years. Kieran Kelly became acquainted with the industry as an investment journalist at the AFR in 1979. He then took on an internship at Provident National ...

Vanguard appoints new head of investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... The changes to Vanguard's investment team follow the group slashing fees across its multi-asset suite, and revising those funds' strategic asset allocation for the first time since 2013. From July, five wholesale diversified funds will have management ...

MetLife raises bar on group insurance awareness

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... product," she said. MetLife is aiming to raise members' level of awareness by working closely with its 13 superannuation funds. If a member hears the radio advertisement for instance and wants to know more about it, they can log on to MetLife's website ...

Fees at the innovation frontline

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... Vanguard, Platinum Asset Management and K2 Asset Management, it's clear headline fees are currently front-and-centre in funds management - and research argues there may be different ways to tackle the issue. The latest paper from emerging markets equities ...