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FEATURE: Risk at risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
In the wake of the group insurance crisis, super funds are one-by-one renegotiating their contracts with their life insurers. As a result, premiums are rising significantly, in many cases bringing them in line with retail premiums. This is causing some ...

VicSuper to offer Challenger annuities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... retirement." VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon said: "Our partnership with Challenger is a progressive move for the super funds industry. We're committed to finding innovative solutions to meet our members changing needs, and partnering with best ...

Highest paid execs in super revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
Superannuation funds have publicly disclosed how much they pay their senior executive staff, revealing pay packages ranging from the low hundreds of thousands to over a million a year. QSuper's Rosemary Vilgan was by far the highest paid chief executive ...

Lonsec acquires van Eyk's iRate business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... were recruited to bring to market a series of integrated platforms that would allow advisors, fund managers, superannuation funds and other key financial services entities, access to our vast array of data and research," he added. Lonsec Research chief ...

Retail fund members most likely to establish SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
Members of retail funds are the most likely group to switch to self-managed super funds (SMSFs), according to CoreData research. As many as 4.8% of retail fund members are likely to set up an SMSF in the next 12 months, and 17.8% are likely to do so ...

AMP debt fund beats target with US$1.1 billion final close

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... is on deploying the remainder of the capital for IDF II and continuing to manage the assets of our first and second debt funds," Jones said. AMP Capital's first infrastructure debt fund was closed to new investment in 2012 after raising US$500 million ...

Industry funds to in-house customer experience

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
Industry funds are bringing their customer experience capabilities in-house in a bid to compete against the big four banks in social media and data analytics, J.P.Morgan and Deloitte digital experts said. "Industry funds have traditionally outsourced ...

netwealth dealer group expands to Canberra

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... financial planning practice in Canberra and has expanded its presence across four states. Empire Financial Planning has funds under advice of approximately $100 million and is based in Canberra. Bridgeport has now offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra ...

Investors should be wary of mixed USD signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... global investor update. Causing the ambiguity is the Fed's Open Markets Committee's (FOMC) inconsistency between the Fed funds projections and economic forecasts, noted Amundi. "Not all the individuals making the forecasts vote at FOMC meetings-they ...

CBA wealth division shrugs off falling market

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... management division has contributed to the bank's strong quarterly result, posting positive growth despite falling markets. Funds under management in the wealth division increased by 3.5% over the three months to 30 September, while equity markets ended ...