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Alphington wins corporate super mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Alphington Private Wealth is the corporate super adviser for SMEC Super Fund, after being awarded a $45 million mandate. Under the mandate, Alphington will work with SMEC Super Fund staff and management to deliver wealth management, consulting and financial ...

New service to boost retiree returns by 1pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
A new service has been launched into Australia to help trustees tailor default investment strategies for their retiree fund members that takes into account their differing risk tolerances and time horizons. Doug Bucknell, managing director of the Australian ...

No QE, not bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Guess we're no longer BFF (best friends forever) with Ben. No sir, not after he quashed everyone's hopes that QE the third is about to sail. How could you do this to us BFF? It's all over the headlines: "U.S. Stocks Fall as Fed Minutes Damp Stimulus ...

Super scale requires immediate action

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
Super funds must act on scale now if they are to perform well under the Stronger Super reforms, according to a retirement head at Mercer, with forward projections a necessary outcome. Under the Stronger Super reforms, super trustees will have to determine ...

Practices valued at doubled RR: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
Most financial planners value a planning business between two and three times the recurring revenue and expect a claw back clause, according to an industry survey. In a nation-wide survey of planners, Radar Results found that the highest demand for ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
It's that time of the month again folks - the time when we try to second guess what the Reserve Bank of Australia will do to interest rates. Will they? Won't they? Cut interest rates, that is. They will, then again perhaps they won't. Yes, Virginia ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Australian stocks have opened almost one per cent higher, driven by major resources stocks after the release of encouraging manufacturing data from China. At 1015 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/Index index was up 35 points, or 0.81 per cent, at 4,4370.2 ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
One quarter down and so far... so fantabolously fabulous. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Those of you who are omni-connected to your iGadgets would no doubt have read the news by now (nay, two days ago) about how Wall Street's two most watched indices - the Dow ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Australian stocks opened flat on Friday, following a mixed lead from Wall Street. At 1030 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 3.7 points, or 0.09 per cent, at 4,311.6 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 2.5 points, or 0.06 ...

State Street wins QSuper mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
Queensland government super fund QSuper has appointed institutional investment provider State Street custodian of its $32bn in assets. The appointment follows a six-month tender process that saw State Street replace incumbent provider NAB Asset Servicing ...