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Kate McCallum wins AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... their continued commitment to bringing great advice to more Australians. "These women will continue to help raise the profile of financial advisers and the great difference they make to the lives of their clients and their communities. TAL deputy group ...

NZ Super CEO higher paid than Aussie counterparts

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... The New Zealand Superannuation Fund pays chief executive Adrian Orr considerably more than many of Australia's highest profile not-for-profit super fund chief executives. In its 2014 annual report, the NZ Super Fund revealed that Orr received NZ$791,462 ...

PROFILE: UniSuper CEO Kevin O'Sullivan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
In July 2013 Kevin O'Sullivan became chief executive of one of Australia's largest superannuation funds, UniSuper. Just over a year on, he catches up with James Fernyhough to talk retirement income, the value of asset consultants, and the future of ...

PROFILE: AMP SMSF managing director Natasha Fenech

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... being "somewhere between the business and the technical actuarial element." She soon decided to strengthen her business profile and took some time off work in 2002 to study a masters in business administration (MBA) at the Australian Graduate School ...

Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... invested in a clean energy future - why undermine the Renewable Energy Target?" While the IGCC has a large number of high-profile investors, there are some prominent absences on the list of members. Neither NAB nor ANZ are members, nor are Sunsuper ...

BlackRock opens global fixed income fund to local investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... managing diversification risk, credit risk and geographic risk," Mr Miller says. According to BlackRock, a modeled return profile for an AUD-hedged version of the US mutual fund strategy outperformed its performance target of the UBS Bank Bill index ...

How to understand emerging markets

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... presents the strongest opportunity for emerging market investors. "The characteristics of this bloc tend to reduce the risk profile in all asset classes, in that they tend to create a less volatile economic environment," he said. "As a result, smart ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... income-paying investments and the pros and cons of each asset class. We also look at mFund four months since its launch and profile AMP SMSF business' managing director Natasha Fenech. You can read these articles on your iPad by downloading Financial ...

Expand PLS to all age pensioners: TAI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... administrative efficiency [of Centrelink] is combined with the low borrowing costs for government and the very low risk profile associated with making loans secured against property, the case for expanding the PLS is strong," the TAI added.

Prominent families back Future Generation philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and high profile manufacturing dynasty, the Smorgon family, are among the initial investors in the Future Generation Investment Fund, which has officially commenced trading on the ASX. The new philanthropically-focused ...