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Getting ideas across to SMSFs the first battle: AMP

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
Distributing ideas to self-managed super funds (SMSF) is the first challenge for product providers looking to crack this inaccessible market, according to AMP Capital portfolio manager for infrastructure Perry Lucas. Lucas, who manages AMP Capital's ...

Mother's Day Classic raises $4.5m for breast cancer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
Women in Super's Mother's Day Classic has raised $4.5 million for the National Breast Cancer Foundation in its 2014 campaign. This brings the total figure raised to $24.3 million since the campaign first ran in 1998. Mother's Day Classic National Chair ...

Super insurance still worth billions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
The life insurance industry continues to profit from its superannuation policies despite the spike in group insurance claims, figures released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) show. According to APRA's Life Insurance Supplementary ...

FWC halts default super review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has said it will halt its selection of MySuper funds as default funds under modern awards, after the full Federal Court found the expert panel was incorrectly constituted. In a statement released yesterday the president ...

Abbott eyes Canadian pension money

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has encouraged Canadian pension funds to invest in Australian infrastructure. Speaking alongside Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa, Abbott said he wanted to see more Canadian investment in Australia. "I know ...

FSC and ISA both claim Federal Court victory

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
Both the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Industry Super Australia (ISA) have claimed a victory in the Federal Court, even though the court's orders essentially uphold the FSC's objections. At the end of Friday's hearing over the composition of ...

SSgA ETF head leaves following appointment of new boss

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... years with the company. Henze's resignation follows a reshuffle of SSgA's Asia Pacific intermediary business group which saw James MacNevin appointed to head the division in a newly created role. These changes mean that Henze's role will not be directly ...

Federal Court hears FSC's complaints against FWC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has put its case against the composition of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) Expert Panel to the Federal Court in Sydney this morning. The FSC's counsel put forward three points challenging the current composition ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... Risk Sandra McCullagh, Credit Suisse, Australian ESG/SRI AGM Series Sandra McCullagh, Paul McTaggart, Benjamin McVicar, James Redfern, Martin Kronborg, Credit Suisse, Too late to stop; Too late to start: winners and losers from CSG Hamish Tadgell and ...

FEATURE: Bulldozing the infrastructure roadblocks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... dedicating billions of dollars to infrastructure development in the budget. But is this enough to get the bulldozers bulldozing? James Fernyhough takes a look at the remaining roadblocks. When in August last year, just before the election, Tony Abbott ...