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Prime Super appoints independent director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... members of the community, makes her a perfect fit for Prime Super," said Prime Super chair Alan Bowman. "There is a growing push in the industry to make industry super fund trustee boards more independent. Prime Super remains ahead of the curve on this ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open markedly lower following sharp falls on Wall Street after a strong US jobs report raising expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. At 0812 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... However, Fortescue Metals rose two cents to $2.31 after the miner launched a new $3.2 billion senior secured debt issue to push back the maturity date on its debt pile. Mr McCarthy said that, meanwhile, a rise in oil prices was "speaking directly" to ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
US financial advice experts are again warning that proposed requirements to introduce fiduciary obligations on people and entities providing advice will rock the retirement fund sector. The proposal for a fiduciary advice standard is being pushed by ...

European insurers attract dividend seekers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
Low European interest rates pushing investors to find higher yielding stocks is encouraging them to reconsider the insurance sector. An investment briefing released by Amundi Asset Management said the insurance sector, after strong focus on derisking ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... 1.04 per cent and Madrid rose 0.81 per cent. While there was some positive data and company results in Europe on Thursday to push up the markets "... it's the fact US interest rates aren't going anywhere fast that really counted," said TrustNet analyst ...

HUB24 FUA reaches $1.4 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
HUB24 has announced a 46% growth in FUA to $1.25 billion in the half-year to 31 December 2014, up 102% from the previous six months. Growth in the current half-year has already pushed FUA to $1.4 billion, it also announced. It expects FUA to reach $3 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street which dipped from record highs following mixed earnings reports. At 0840 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 19 points at 5,903. In local ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
The Australian share market is pushing higher after market heavyweight BHP Billiton increased its dividend and announced fresh cost cutting. On a busy day of corporate earnings reports, BHP Billiton had the healthiest market reaction, with shares up ...

Women in Super launches executive education scholarships

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... multi-sector AGSM community. The alignment with the two organisations makes sense, said Coggin, given AGSM's concentrated push in promoting equal participation for women in study and business. The scholarships were announced at the Women in Super lunch ...