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Financial planning

Australian institutional platform providers should see themselves as boutiques, as global players start heavily eyeing the Australian market, SFG Australia head of platfo...

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Financial planning

PineBridge launches global dynamic absolute return fund backed by public sector seed client....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers have been encouraged to tackle diversifiable and systematic risk simultaneously to meet the needs of a growing base of retirees seeking advice. ...

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Funds management

Australian exchange traded funds (ETF) provider BetaShares has surpassed $1 billion in FUM. ...

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Financial planning

ASIC has rebuffed suggestions HFT is a problem and stated a ‘lack of hysteria’ should not be mistaken for complacency....

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Funds management

ETFs based on market capitalisation are a poor investment model that underperform equal weighted funds....

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Financial planning

UniSuper cuts new ground as cornerstone investor in World Bank Green Bond issue....

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Financial planning

AXA Investment Managers has picked up a key mandate, announcing that Mercer's investment business in Australia has allocated $150 million to AXA IM's global investment gr...

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Funds management

Ratings house Zenith has created a new “unconstrained” fixed interest sub-category in its 2014 Global Fixed Interest Sector Report....

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Life/Risk

Less than 10 per cent of insurance premiums placed with foreign insurers, according to latest APRA statistics...

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Superannuation

Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) that continue to put large sums in cash should expect to see returns watered down by tax and inflation...

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Financial planning

Global transaction network specialist company, Calastone, has announced that IOOF has joined its Global Funds Transaction Network. ...

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Financial planning

AXA Investment Management has launched a new product into the Australian market aimed at helping Australians overcome longevity issues....

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Life/Risk

TAL has acquired the remainder of online insurance comparator Lifebroker after holding a small stake in the company for three years. ...

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Funds management

Global manager re-enters market with new funds line-up...

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