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Blue Sky grows revenue 48%

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... franked dividend of 6 cents per share to investors. In August 2013, Blue Sky completed a successful private share placement, raising an additional $6.83 million, which will be used to co-invest in Blue Sky managed funds. "We have expanded our investment ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... markets and result in significant disruptions to our economy." Secretary Lew refers to the events of July 2011 when delay in raising the debt ceiling sparked a 16.4% sell-off in the S&P 500 index between 4 July and 8 August (the first trading day after ...

Executive pay under spotlight in new ACSI guidelines

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has published new governance guidelines outlining how it will assess the behaviour and performance of public company directors. The updated guidelines, developed in consultation with ACSI member ...

SMSF contributions down 25%, AMP survey finds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) contributions fell by $12,300 the 2012-13 financial year, according to the Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey June 2013. Multiport, an SMSF administrator and subsidiary of AMP, surveyed 1,950 of its client ...

Fairfax to sell InvestSMART to listed fund manager

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... million. A statement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) said that the transaction was dependent on a capital raising by AWK. If the transaction is not completed AWK will be required to pay Fairfax a break fee of $150,000. Established in 1999 ...

AIA tackles spike in mental illness-related claims

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... Standard. The work of SuperFriend offers an alternative - or complementary - method of tackling the increased claims to simply raising premiums. The paper focuses on getting employees back into work as soon as possible. AIA Australia's General Manager ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... lower to close at 4,071.68 points. Data showed that Japan's economic growth slowed in the April-June quarter, in turn raising questions about Tokyo's bid to revive its economy after years of stagnation. Japan said growth in the second-quarter came in ...

AustralianSuper to increase in-house investment capacity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013
AustralianSuper has said it will bring one third of investment management in-house within two years, raising the question of whether industry funds will be able to attract and retain high-quality candidates on industry fund salaries. Speaking at the ...

Women need 7% more super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... women, and show that a private-sector retirement system pegged to income significantly favours men. It also shows that raising women's wages would not be enough in itself to solve the problem. Earlier this week, actuarial consultants Rice Warner Actuaries ...

Taxes, levies and fees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013