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Super funds should use soft power, not quotas to fix gender equality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Imposed quotas are much less likely to advance the cause of workplace gender equality than super funds exerting their considerable soft power to influence the industry, companies in which they invest and service providers. Helen Conway, director of ...

Election too close to call

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
With Treasurer Chris Bowen's campaign influencing declaration that a re-elected Labor government wouldn't make any significant changes to policy affecting the nation's superannuation savings still being digested by conference delegates, the Financial ...

Perpetual not concerned about ACCC initial report

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
Perpetual is not concerned about the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) preliminary views, which suggested that Perpetual's takeover bid for The Trust Company could harm market competition. "This is a natural step of the process," ...

Industry funds 'treat us like dirt': COSBOA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
The Council of Small Business Australia (COSBOA) has welcomed the Government's decision to grant small businesses access to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT). COSBOA executive director Peter Strong said this would give small businesses a ...

Giant firms hold sway in infrastructure investment industry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The top 10 infrastructure fund managers by capital raised in the last 10 years accounted for 45% of the total raised by closed-ended infrastructure funds in the last decade, according to alternatives researcher Preqin. In its July edition of Infrastructure ...

Russell appoints Mercer COO to head insto business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
Former Russell Investments assistant director of product and current Mercer COO for the Pacific region, Jodie Hampshire, has returned to the firm as its new head of institutional business in Australia. Hampshire joined Russell in 2000 and held a number ...

Investors warned off making extra super contributions

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
Anyone under 50 should invest the absolute minimum amount into their superannuation fund, according to well-known stock-picker Roger Montgomery. The fund manager's advice flies in the face of consensus thinking which says investors should take advantage ...

AdviserEdge Melbourne kicks off on 14 July

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Financial services think tank The Social Adviser will be holding an encore version of its inaugural AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit in Melbourne from 14 July - 16 July. The event aims to provide advisers with practical solutions so that they can effectively ...

Coalition confirms plans for FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
The Coalition has confirmed that it will amend the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation if it comes to power after the next federal elections. The Coalition has made public a 30 page document called "Policy to boost productivity and reduce regulation" ...

New fund launched for wealthy migrants

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The 888 Fund has been established to offer an investment product tailored to meet the needs of wealthy investors wishing to migrate to Australia. The fund is aimed at entrepreneurs and business people - primarily in China - who wish to move to Australia ...