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Vanguard aims to defuse the active debate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
New research from Vanguard argues that the decision to allocate to active or index strategies - or both - should be based on a systematic process, not emotions and personal preferences. Vanguard, which manages more than US$1 trillion in active money ...

Equity Trustees enters $5.2bn super fund merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
Equity Trustees is entering a partnership to facilitate a $5.2 billion superannuation fund merger. Under the terms of the partnership, and subject to approval from the two funds' respective trustee boards, EQT's The Executive Superannuation Fund and ...

ANZ and ASIC settle over BBSW case

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
ANZ and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission have reached a confidential and in-principle agreement to settle court action relating to the Australian bank bill swap rate market. This morning ASIC asked the Federal Court to stand down ...

CBA chair defends executive bonuses

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
The Commonwealth Bank is standing by the way it rewarded bonuses to senior executives between 2015 and 2016, the period it was made aware of potential anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism law breaches, a public inquiry has found. Commonwealth ...

MLC Life enhances benefits, boosts savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
A greater number of MLC Life Insurance retail advice clients can now access multi-cover discounts. By extending its eligibility criteria for such savings, MLC Insurance and MLC Insurance (Super) customers are being rewarded for making an important financial ...

Active the best way forward for super: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
An Australian investment consultant and research specialist is further endorsing that superannuation fund trustees adopt active management in the best interests of members. Peterson Research Institute founder and director John Peterson issued a media ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Good, bad or ugly, there were events a-plenty last week for speculators and investors to digest for guidance on what lies ahead. There's the lingering North Korean nuclear threat - although this has barely made it to headlines over the past week; there's ...

Fiducian founder transitions to executive chair role

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
Fiducian will gradually transition its founder and managing director to an executive chair role over the next three years as part of its succession planning strategy. Indy Singh has served as managing director since establishing Fiducian in 1996. Over ...

Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
It's a wonderful set of numbers that came just in the nick of time for the estimated 900 workers who'll be finishing at Holden's car manufacturing plant in Adelaide today. For as that door closes, another opens. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

Markets prompt adviser asset allocation review: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Extreme market conditions are forcing most advisers to reassess client portfolios and consider alternative investment options, latest survey data reveals. About two-thirds (63%) of 200 financial advisers canvassed in Russell Investments' Australian ...