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Suncorp to drop aligned advice businesses

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015

Suncorp Life has announced it will transition out of managing Guardian Advice and Suncorp Financial Planning. The process will take place over the next six months, and the decision was made, according to the company's statement, "in order to simplify ...

Advice beats alpha as retirement income source

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015

... obsessed by seeking excess investment returns and spends in excess of $10 billion per annum on investment management, a figure which dwarfs the meagre allocations to advice and better education for super fund members." He explained that superannuation ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015

As the SMSF rush slows down, Laura Millan asks whether individual funds will withstand harsher market conditions and reviews member direct investment options. It is a known fact that self-managed super funds (SMSFs) outperformed funds regulated by the ...

Evolving super sparks C-suite shift

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015

... Evans as general manager people and culture, and Sandra Coleman as general manager information systems. One senior industry figure who has seen different board room make-ups over the years is Catholic Super chief executive Frank Pegan. He said over his ...

Super guarantee charge bundled by red tape repeals

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015

The federal government's Red Tape Repeal Day on Thursday included amendments to the superannuation guarantee charge (SGC) but the proposed legislation has been rolled over to parliament's final sitting weeks for the year. Under the proposed changes ...

Target date funds just 3% US retirement assets

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Much is made of the popularity of lifecycle investing in the US yet it comprises just 3% of their retirement system. According to figures released by the Investment Company Institute (ICI), lifecycle investment funds, referred to under the broader category ...

The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE | MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Macquarie set to pay $14m to advice clients

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015

... reported it had paid $11 million to disgruntled advice clients, a year after the remediation program was put in place. The figure had increased to $14 million by the end of September. The program is considered the most comprehensive within the industry ...

SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015

... submission to the Financial System Inquiry, options include offering unitised investments in smaller parcels - our recommended figure was $25,000 - or infrastructure bonds. Another possibility is ASX-listed infrastructure funds. Whatever the mechanism ...

MLC insurance sale to cost NAB $1.5bn

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015

... in the transaction. The bank told investors that the transaction would involve an indicative loss of $1.1 billion. This figure was calculated based on the business' net asset value (NAV) of $3.6 billion - including goodwill of $1.6 billion - on deconsolidation ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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