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WAM Capital poised to pounce in mixed market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Wilson Asset Management chief investment officer Chris Stott says increasing M&A activity will create investment opportunities in the year ahead, despite a mixed economic outlook. The group's listed investment company, WAM Capital, grew 35.3% to $806.5 ...

NZ Super eyes glass to smash returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... it provided to the energy efficiency sector, made it an attractive portfolio addition. "While these investments in early-stage companies with strong growth potential make up only a small part of the overall fund - around 1.5% - they are an appropriate ...

Magellan doubles profit, boosts FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... be listing its two other funds, he said: "Those are things we would look at, but we haven't made any commitment at this stage." On the fast growing size of its FUM, he commented: "We see no need to close the retail part of our strategy in the foreseeable ...

Scrapping dividend imputation costly for retirees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Removing or changing dividend imputation might be a revenue fix for the federal government but it will have long-term effects on Australians' retirement savings. This is the belief held by Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive ...

Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Too many Australians don't understand the purpose of life insurance and see the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Centrelink as effective substitutes, suggests research commissioned by Zurich and the Financial Planning Association of Australia ...

Advice licensee uses tech to bypass paraplanning

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... shift it from pre-internet, to a system that will surpass banks. Midwinter will implement registry and digital as part of stage two in the coming months. SSFS has over 50,000 clients and $11 billion in funds under management. SSFS was established more ...

Financial advice is a boring game

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... being overwhelmed by information they don't understand, Lazenby said there is a "death by detail" at the client prospect stage. "They have to fill out a fact-finder before they can even see you. It makes financial advice seem like something that's only ...

KKR invests in German fibre-optics via $4.2bn infra fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Middle East Johannes Huth said. "With our capital resources and experience, we will bring Deutsche Glasfaser to its next stage of development and thereby also contribute to the ambitious Digital Agenda of the German government." Reggeborgh chief executive ...

Annuities to become more competitive

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... your strategy," Lytas said. "Right now if we were to launch a deferred lifetime annuity - the assets during that deferral stage - will be taxed at 15%. So straight away there is a tax strain and you're not optimising the return you're giving to the retiree." ...

QSuper seeks new CEO, Vilgan departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... Australian Business Woman of the Year. "I believe now is the time to move on and allow a new CEO to take QSuper to the next stage," Vilgan said in announcing her resignation today. "We've been working towards offering members more than superannuation ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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