Parametric Appoints New Manager of Research and Strategy, Australia and New Zealand

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Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric), an affiliate of Eaton Vance Corp. , has announced the appointment of Whitlam Zhang, CFA, as Manager of Research and Strategy, Australia and New Zealand,

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Super fund mergers need to deliver investment rationalisation wins

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Centralised Portfolio Management (CPM) can play a pivotal role in the mass consolidation of the superannuation industry that will define its future for the next 10 years, says global implementation

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Super funds can benefit with the adoption Responsible Investing goals with an after-tax investment focus: Parametric Research

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Superannuation funds should implement responsible investing in a tax-managed way according to a new research paper by the global implementation specialist manager Parametric. The paper presents a hypothetical tax-managed Responsible Investing portfolio that adds

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Income-targeting retirement portfolios could struggle to measure ‘success’ wel

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The Retirement Income Panel’s work over the past year should give superannuation funds all the motivation they need to decide what ‘success’ in funding pensions really means, according to a research

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Super tax changes will cost retirees

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The possibility for government to increase superannuation taxes in response to the ballooning budget deficit caused by COVID-19 could severely hurt member balances at retirement, according to a research note

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Unlocked: A framework for superannuation equity portfolio evolution in a taxable environment

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All sectors of the superannuation industry agree that successful equity investing entails some short-term pain to enjoy long-term gain. Superannuation funds and investment managers who embrace an active management philosophy

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New Parametric research reveals transition management’s blind spot

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Superannuation funds readjusting their investment portfolios need to carefully consider all the tax implications and not focus solely on timing and transaction costs, says global implementation specialist manager Parametric. In

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Buybacks show why you can’t trust the numbers

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Australia’s recent spate of off-market share buybacks highlights the misalignment between super funds’ pre-tax investment focus and what matters to fund members – after-tax returns. This is the view of

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Tax-managing a RAFI portfolio busts the ‘low turnover is tax efficient’ myth

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Superannuation funds moving to a rules-based equity management approach could improve their performance by more than half a percentage point a year by genuinely focusing on after-tax, not pre-tax, returns.

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Super funds could boost their equity returns by 59 basis points each year by adopting a ‘control what you control’ philosophy

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New research for superannuation funds by the Australian arm of global specialist implementation manager Parametric provides evidence that a program to manage two costs, tax and transaction costs, can deliver

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