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Queensland Treasury issues green bonds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... be looking to issue social impact bonds that will focus on funding drug and alcohol treatment programs and transitioning young people from out of home care. The timing of the first QTC Green Bond will depend on market conditions and QTC had indicated ...

Ausbil announces several promotions, new CEO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
Ausbil Investment Management is strengthening its focus with a repositioning of its senior leadership team. Ausbil founder Paul Xiradis will become executive chairman, in addition to his current position of chief investment officer and head of equities. ...

Workers missing out on $147m in super: REST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... guarantee threshold is particularly troubling as traditional employment methods continue to change, with an increasing number of young Australians taking up part-time, or contingent work," Hill said. "A large number of Australians appear to believe they're ...

Distrust is super's biggest challenge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... balances, trust will grow. SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery agreed. "I believe we owe an obligation to the young people of Australia to ensure they understand where that 9.5% of their hard-earned salary is actually going. We have an obligation ...

Couples can benefit more than singles in SMSFs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
This Valentine's Day, as you stare across the table at your loved one, you may want to ask if they're ready to join you in a self-managed superannuation fund. It may not sound as exciting as buying a house together or signing up for a joint bank account ...

FICAP RockStar fundraiser draws record support

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... as its newest charity at a sponsor event in November last year. Boylan noted at the time: "Raise impacts the wellbeing of young people in Australia by providing best practice youth mentoring programs. FICAP's support will provide Raise with an extra ...

Females and Gen Y expecting less

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... consumer banking and wealth management Andrew Hagger said new ways of thinking about career success opens up opportunities for young and old Australians, and for Australian business. "As a dad, it is exciting to think about the different careers open ...

Merlicek to retire, IOOF appoints new CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON AND DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
After eight years leading the IOOF investment team and strategy, chief investment officer Steve Merlicek is stepping down in June. The celebrated executive has been instrumental in delivering impressive fund performance, especially for IOOF's multi-manager ...

Equities manager awarded $48m mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
Ausbil Investment Management has been awarded a $48 million Australian equity mandate by Uniting Financial Services. The portfolio, managed by Ausbil chief executive officer Paul Xiradis and his team, is a large cap, long-only Australian equities offering ...

Half of Australian households will be retire ready

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
About half of Australian households are expected to have enough saved for a comfortable retirement, according to the latest CommBank Retire Ready Index. The report, which bases their comfortable retirement standard on the Association of Superannuation ...