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Aberdeen Standard launches AI-powered global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... Launched in Luxembourg, the Aberdeen Global (AG) Artificial Intelligence Global Equity SICAV embeds machine learning to apply quantitative techniques to time investments. The strategies are based on factor premia such as value, quality, momentum, small ...

Discriminatory bank regulation hits super savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
The interest rate paid by banks on short-term deposits in superannuation fund accounts is significantly lower than similar deposits made by SMSFs, and new research estimates as much as $1 billion is being lost in potential retirement savings. According ...

Advisers can't ignore CIPR debate: SSGA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... Jonathan Shead said CIPRs will be part of the superannuation ecosystem whether advisers like it or not. CIPRs, which don't apply to the self-managed super fund sector, will be also impacted in some way, he warned. In this year's Budget, the Federal ...

Finding value in Fairfax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... you've been lending irresponsibly, because while they've been very good at checking people's income when they apply for a loan, they haven't been very good at checking their expenses," he said. Interest-only mortgages rolling off over ...

BNY Mellon partners for new fund, eyes Aussie retail market

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... will act as the portfolio manager while William Adams will act as the global investment strategist. The fund intends to apply the same approach that BNY's investment team uses to manage offshore portfolios worth $1.7 billion. "One of our key differentiators ...

We have won the battle, not the war: AustralianSuper CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk told the Royal Commission the industry super Fox in the Henhouse campaign helped win the battle, but the war continues over default superannuation arrangements. The chief executive of Australia's largest ...

Limited MDA deadline closes in

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
... according to IMAP chair Toby Potter. With the limited MDA changes taking effect on 1 October 2018, it's too late to apply for a full licence as the process takes up to 12 months, Potter told Financial Standard. The default course of action is to ...

Farmers should urgently access super: Advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... lifesaver to stop the shooting of starving farm animals caused by drought," they said. The amnesty should be tax free and apply to the farmer and their spouse. While the pair welcome Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull's amendment to the Farm Household ...

ASIC identifies potential risks in ETP market

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... spreads are narrow and secondary market prices are generally close to the NAV of ETP units. However, this did not necessarily apply to all ETP products, at all times. "In particular, we observed that spreads do temporarily widen in some circumstances ...

FASEA clarifies foreign degrees mistake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... of Overseas Skills Recognition before it was absorbed into DET. However, the NOOSR principles remain in place and would apply to the assessment process," FASEA said. "This means, for example, that existing advisers who have had a previous assessment ...