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Below benchmark performance hurts Platinum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... performance. Net profit after tax for the year to 30 June 2015 was $213.5 million, compared to $189.9 million the year before, and funds under management increased to $26.8 billion from $22.9 billion in 2014. Platinum's flagship fund, the Platinum International ...

Ignition Wealth appoints inaugural chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... is built on its white-labeled financial calculators, illustrators and advice tools, which have been used by major super funds for several years.

Put your tax return in to super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... solution to raising the extra $130,000 A needed for a comfortable retirement as suggested by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) earlier this week. Club Plus Super chief executive, Paul Cahill, said tax refunds are by no means ...

Super gender gap large, but closing

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... up by retirement age," Morris continued. "Furthermore, a serious problem exists for both sexes with regards to inadequate funds from super for retirement. Half of the men with super in the critical pre-retirement age - 50 to 64 - have balances of less ...

SelectingSuper CompareOnline enhances research depth

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... superannuation comparison website. SelectingSuper CompareOnline is the web-based comparison system used by adviser groups, super funds and their call centres and other stakeholders looking for easy access to product information to use in Statements of ...

JPMAM appoints global market strategist

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... local operations to ensure growth and success, and Kerry's appointment further supports this," said JPMAM head of Australia funds David Hallifax. "The decision to place a strategist locally was also in response to client feedback received as part of ...

Super governance changes questioned

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... amendments to the draft legislation. Among the draft legislation is a requirement that all APRA-regulated superannuation funds have a minimum of one third independent directors on their trustee board and an independent chair. Although the reforms are ...

H&R Block launches SMSF set-up service

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... Australia's largest firm of tax accountants, has established a service for self-directed investors to set-up and manage their own funds. H&R Block SMSF Solutions helps ordinary Australians through the whole SMSF process from set-up to tax advice and ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... set up about 30 years ago to create asset allocation solutions for institutional investors. The ISG mainly serves pension funds and insurance companies, and it manages about US$220 billion ($300 billion) globally. Wills sums up his current role at SSGA ...

Infrastructure deals fall as valuations skyrocket

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... Only time will tell whether large asset prices will have an effect on the overall performance of unlisted infrastructure funds currently investing capital."