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Super returns climb to 16.8 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
Super funds have begun 2013-14 with more robust results that in July 2013 pushed up the SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index to 16.8%, the best rolling 12 month return in three years. Explaining why the result was so high ...

OMTs - one year on

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
It's all about China.A It's not landing hard.A It's stabilising. That's what you'll read in most finance headlines this morning Virginia as the main pusher of positive sentiment in Asian equity markets yesterday and Wall Street overnight. Europe closed ...

Hedge funds fear 'draconian' disclosure rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
Superannuation funds could find themselves locked out of the best international private equity and hedge funds if the government's "draconian" portfolio holdings disclosure requirements go through unamended, representatives of the alternative investment ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's jump after strong US car sales pointed to strength in the manufacturing sector. At 0806 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was up 16 points at 5,172. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... small rises after a painful August that saw a huge global sell-off, while easing fears of an imminent strike on Syria helped push oil prices down further. Tokyo surged 2.99 per cent, or 405.52 points, to close at 13,978.44 as the yen weakened against ...

Data security emerging as a superannuation risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
Consumer expectations for online account access and the push for e-commerce solutions as part of Super Stream mean data security will emerge as one of the biggest risk priorities for super funds. However, most super funds are not equipped to handle ...

ASIC concerned over "pockets" of poor SMSF advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has found "concerning pockets of poor advice" which involve recommendations that self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors gear into real property. ASIC's commissioner Greg Tanzer said that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
Australian shares are flat, with rises in energy companies underpinning much of the market. IG markets analyst Evan Lucas said several market heavyweights, including the Commonwealth Bank and Telstra, going ex-dividend were weighing on the market. But ...

Super funds should use soft power, not quotas to fix gender equality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
... to find out who is actually on those retail fund trustee boards. But as consumers realise the importance of this issue and push for it they will come on board," she said. Cate Wood, national chair of Women in Super who is also AIST president, said funds ...

Election result to shape the industry: FPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
The result of the federal election is critical and will shape the financial services industry for future, Financial Planning Association (FPA) manager of Policy and Conduct Dante De Gori said. The FPA views the September 7 election as a challenge and ...