AUSTRALIAN MARKET
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...
Financial planning
PineBridge launches global dynamic absolute return fund backed by public sector seed client....
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. ...
Funds management
Australian exchange traded funds (ETF) provider BetaShares has surpassed $1 billion in FUM. ...
Financial planning
ASIC has rebuffed suggestions HFT is a problem and stated a ‘lack of hysteria’ should not be mistaken for complacency....
Funds management
ETFs based on market capitalisation are a poor investment model that underperform equal weighted funds....
Financial planning
UniSuper cuts new ground as cornerstone investor in World Bank Green Bond issue....
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...
Funds management
Ratings house Zenith has created a new “unconstrained” fixed interest sub-category in its 2014 Global Fixed Interest Sector Report....
Life/Risk
Less than 10 per cent of insurance premiums placed with foreign insurers, according to latest APRA statistics...
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...
Financial planning
Global transaction network specialist company, Calastone, has announced that IOOF has joined its Global Funds Transaction Network. ...
Financial planning
AXA Investment Management has launched a new product into the Australian market aimed at helping Australians overcome longevity issues....
Life/Risk
TAL has acquired the remainder of online insurance comparator Lifebroker after holding a small stake in the company for three years. ...
Funds management
Global manager re-enters market with new funds line-up...
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