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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... interest rate hike after the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee meets on 13-14 June. The odds of the Fed raising the fed funds rate from 0.75%-1.0% to 1.0%-1.25% next month have already risen to more than 83% after the minutes of the 2-3 May meeting ...

Qualitas launches fund, adds two directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... on these two markets to provide much-needed debt capital, he added. Established in 2008, the firm manages debt and equity funds on behalf of institutional and high-net-worth investors using a 'top down, bottom up' approach.

HESTA appoints new insurer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
HESTA is joining the list of industry superannuation funds to move away from CommInsure as its group insurer. As part of a regular review of its insurance arrangements, the $39 billion industry fund announced it will appoint AIA Australia as its insurer ...

Bringing funds management to the masses

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
The Financial Services Council is aiming to make Australia's funds management industry more palatable to younger everyday consumers, arguing that investing in a managed fund is easier than buying a house. The FSC's Value of Professional Funds Management ...

Midwinter unveils new financial tool

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... calculators. Described as off-the-shelf configurable calculators, the tools can be used on the public websites of super funds and advice businesses for members and clients to access the financial statistics of their neighbourhood based on postcode. Users ...

First State Super appoints CFO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... member-owned financial planning network in Australia. The combined StatePlus business administers over $21 billion in retirement funds with over 200 financial planners located in metropolitan and regional centres throughout Australia.

SMSF associations announce merger

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... self-managed superannuation fund trustees are merging to create a united voice. The Self-managed Independent Superannuation Funds Association, established in 1998 to represent the interests of trustees and industry to Government, and the SMSF Owners ...

Super assets hit $2.3 trillion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... MySuper assets (part of the APRA-regulated asset pool of $1.4 billion) jumped 22.6% to $555 billion. This indicates super funds are scrambling to transfer member accounts that haven't selected specific options in the way their money should be invested ...

ASX creates more opportunities for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... supermarket for investors, including increasing the number of exchange-traded products, technology companies, and managed funds on the ASX, adding that he hopes this work will encourage investors to keep their growing pool of money on Australian shores. ...

Retail super fund members increasingly satisfied

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... Superannuation fund members with balances less than $100,000 are showing greater customer satisfaction levels among retail funds as opposed to industry fund competitors. Data from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that from more than 30,000 superannuation ...